Ministry of Foreign Affairs headed by a socialist Jose Manuel Albarezmade him disappear from his site section dedicated to the Maghreb and the Middle East in which Spanish diplomacy was committed to “the self-determination of the Sahrawi people within the framework of the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations.”

Instead of replacing it with different wording, the link on the previous page takes you to a page that says it’s a bad link. This new incident comes a year and a half after the government of Pedro Sánchez joined the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara, breaking 47 years of active neutrality maintained by successive Spanish leaders of the PSOE and PP.

“With regard to Western Sahara, Spain supports a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution that provides for the self-determination of the Saharawi people within the framework of the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations. “Spain supports the central role of the UN in finding a solution and maintains its humanitarian commitment to the people of Western Sahara, positioning itself as the first bilateral donor of assistance to refugee camps,” reads the text removed from the Foreign Ministry website.

Site remodeling

Foreign sources consulted Independent, acknowledge the deletion of the partition and attribute it to the ongoing update process. “Since this is public, since the remodeling of the official site, we are updating content that in some cases has been published for a long time,” they succinctly reply online in their usual tone when asked about anything related to the Copernican turn in history. dispute over a former Spanish colony in which Spain continues to be the administrative power in the latest forthcoming decolonization of Africa.

In a deleted section of the site, the Foreign Office also explained its relations with Morocco and Algeria. “From an economic point of view, Spain maintains close ties with the Maghreb. Spain has been Morocco’s first trading partner since 2012, as well as the first African and Arab destination for Spanish exports, where 20,000 Spanish companies operate. Economic relations with Algeria are particularly relevant in the energy sector, the source of approximately half of the gas consumed by Spain.”

The change in position of the Spanish executive, announced in March 2022 by the Moroccan royal house in a letter sent by Sánchez to Mohamed VI, has since been rejected by the minority coalition partner, as well as the rejection of all parliamentary groups in the Congress of Deputies, with the exception of the PSOE.