Morocco says Madrid seeks to 'Europeanise' its crisis with Rabat


  • World
  • Wednesday, 09 Jun 2021

FILE PHOTO: Migrants stand on the beach in Fnideq, close to the Spanish enclave Ceuta, in Morocco, May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Shereen Talaat/File Photo

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's foreign minister on Wednesday accused Spain of trying to turn a political crisis between the two countries into an EU problem by focusing on migration and ignoring the root causes.

The row blew up in April after Spain admitted the leader of the Western Sahara independence movement, Brahim Ghali, for medical treatment without informing Rabat, which regards the disputed territory as its own.

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