Spain Interior Minister: Morocco Is a Loyal Partner to Madrid

Spanish Minister of Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska. (EPA)
Spanish Minister of Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska. (EPA)
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Spain Interior Minister: Morocco Is a Loyal Partner to Madrid

Spanish Minister of Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska. (EPA)
Spanish Minister of Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska. (EPA)

Spanish Minister of Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska stressed on Friday that Morocco is a "loyal" and "fraternal" partner with which Madrid maintains "excellent" ties.

"Morocco is a state that cooperates with Spain. It is a loyal partner and, of course, I would even say fraternal," Grande-Marlaska said to the press.

The relations between Spain and Morocco are "so satisfactory" and the mutual trust is "so important", the Spanish minister added, highlighting the April 7 Joint Declaration that launched a "new stage in the bilateral partnership."

"There is no need to worry, because relations between the two countries are exceptional and excellent," he stressed.

In September, the Spanish government welcomed the "intense" strategic partnership between Spain and Morocco, which reflects "a new stage" based on "transparency, permanent communication and mutual respect.

"We have an intense bilateral program covering all aspects of our bilateral relationship, based on transparency, permanent communication and mutual respect. These are the principles of a sincere cooperation between two strategic partners like Spain and Morocco," said Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares after meeting with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September.



Britain’s Top Diplomat Says Israeli Govt Has Told Him Its Military Operation in Lebanon Will End Soon

Search and rescue team members try to search for possible victims at a damaged building after an Israeli airstrike, in Tyre, Lebanon, 28 October 2024. (EPA)
Search and rescue team members try to search for possible victims at a damaged building after an Israeli airstrike, in Tyre, Lebanon, 28 October 2024. (EPA)
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Britain’s Top Diplomat Says Israeli Govt Has Told Him Its Military Operation in Lebanon Will End Soon

Search and rescue team members try to search for possible victims at a damaged building after an Israeli airstrike, in Tyre, Lebanon, 28 October 2024. (EPA)
Search and rescue team members try to search for possible victims at a damaged building after an Israeli airstrike, in Tyre, Lebanon, 28 October 2024. (EPA)

Foreign Secretary David Lammy told lawmakers on Monday that he spoke to his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz, on Sunday and “he sought to reassure me that the operation that is currently under way, the targeted operation by the Israelis, would come to an end shortly, as he put it.”

Britain has called for ceasefires in Israel’s campaigns against Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. Lammy conceded that peace efforts had failed so far, but said “it is never too late for peace, never too late for hope. This government will not give up on the people of the region.”

He urged Israel to let more aid into Gaza, saying “there is no excuse for Israel’s government’s ongoing restrictions on humanitarian assistance.”

Prime Minister Keir Starmer was meeting Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati at 10 Downing St. on Monday to express UK support for Lebanon.