2010年11月16日火曜日

Spanish Government gives priority to its relationship with Morocco to the sahara crisis

El conflicto del Sáhara

El Gobierno da prioridad a su relación con Marruecos ante la crisis del Sáhara

Jiménez pide explicaciones a Rabat por la muerte "del español" en El Aaiún y lamenta oficialmente la violencia.- Zapatero asegura que su política hacia el Sáhara "defiende los intereses de España"

JUAN MIGUEL MUÑOZ - Madrid - 12/11/2010
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The Sahara conflictThe Government gives priority to its relationship with Morocco to the Sahara crisisJimenez requested an explanation from Rabat by death "of Spanish" in Laayoune and officially deplores violence .- Zapatero said that his policy toward the Sahara "defending the interests of Spain"
JUAN MIGUEL MUÑOZ - Madrid - 12/11/2010
Morocco is a "crucial partner" and the relations between Spain and the Maghreb countries are "strong" and priority. Always with this premise in mind, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trinidad Jimenez, earlier today held a balancing act for one of the most sensitive bilateral ties for Spanish diplomacy. Reproach hinted dismantling the Sahrawi camp Monday in Western Sahara - "It is true that there has been a severe crisis in Laayoune, said," but avoided any explicit condemnation of the Moroccan government on the outcome of a protest that has caused at least two dozen deaths, including a Saharawi Spanish nationality. The conflict promises to continue burning. Visit Madrid next Tuesday Moroccan Interior Minister to return the recent visit of Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba after the riots in Ceuta and Melilla.
Jimenez lamented "deeply" the loss of human life, solidarity with the victims, sent a call for "restraint" and proclaimed "the Spanish government's commitment to defend human rights." But regarding the crisis in Laayoune, the capital of Western Sahara, Morocco should not hold too much fear of strong diplomatic reactions. The head of Spanish diplomacy, as did President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero yesterday, particularly stressed the strategic importance of the link Madrid-Rabat and in the interests of Spain. "It's an essential relationship that must be preserved for reasons of security, combating terrorism, control of migration flows and drug trafficking, and trade and economic relations," said Jimenez.
In the press conference after the Council of Ministers, the Spanish diplomat said that "until there is some confusion about the scope of events both in the side as in the other." When asked why the Spanish government does not condemn what happened in the camp Agdaym Izik, Jimenez said: "To convict would have a very specific knowledge" of what happened. He also hid behind the need for caution. "I do not want to rush. No government has condemned it, none." Alone was more blunt when Moroccan claim to the Executive to clarify "urgently on the circumstances of the death" of a Spanish-Babi-Buyema Hamday during the riots. The minister added that he is waiting for some international organization to develop a report to clarify what happened earlier this week set up camp 15 kilometers from the capital of Western Sahara.
All indications are that this clarification can be expected. The almost total news blackout and human rights organizations working in the Sahara have been banned from the area of the riots. "We reiterated the Moroccan government's request to leave work to journalists. We regret the expulsion of journalists from the Cadena SER and ask you to restore accreditation to the ABC correspondent," Jimenez said. So far, their demands fell on deaf ears. "Spain has a different view to that of Morocco on freedom of expression and attitude towards the media," concluded the minister.
A "matter of state," according to Zapatero
The brother of the late Spanish, Buyema Hamday Lehman has called this morning from Alicante Morocco open "thorough investigation" to make known the "whole truth" about the death of his family, and to determine "if someone ordered the murder ". Buyema Hamday explained that his brother traveled on Monday by bus to work, why he had moved from Murcia to Laayoune, after having resided in Petrel (Alicante) - and the police asked the occupants to get out of the vehicle , if only he did, he was the only Western Sahara. "Within two seconds, a police car passes over 130 kilometers per hour, reverses and turns to go over," said the man, who knew what happened through a contact Sahara. The deceased's brother has said that if the Spanish government guarantees their safety, travel to Laayoune to take over the body and bury him in this area, where also lie the remains of his mother.
Earlier, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said from Seoul that the reply given by the Government to the crisis is "the responsible, sensible and prudent to resolve the conflict and also to the interests of Spain, Miguel Gonzalez and report Alejandro Bolaños. "The interests of Spain is what the Government has to put forward. [But also] is the most appropriate response to resolve the conflict and, consequently, for the Sahrawi people," he insisted, when asked about why Spain has not condemned the use of force by the Moroccan authorities. Earlier, he had expressed his "deep concern" over the "serious incidents" have occurred in the former Spanish colony, but stressing that the relationship with Morocco is "a priority for Spain," a "theme of state" against which appealed to the responsibility of the PP.
The priority, he stressed, is to succeed the direct talks between Morocco and the Frente Polisario, resumed this week, and "put the greatest effort" that the investigation by the Attorney Moroccan clarify some facts about just yet information is incomplete and contradictory. What I was willing to give it a "social response", with the assistance of bilateral and EU, the problems of the Saharawi population are at the root of the protest.
Zapatero said the government is doing "ongoing efforts" to ensure the right to information for journalists, with the arrest of three special envoys from the SER and the veto imposed on all the Spanish media. Government sources indicate that studies Rabat allow access to the Sahara of a Spanish journalist, to "balance" the presence of a French (a special correspondent for Le Monde). Regarding the visit to Algeria by the former Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, has indicated that it is related to the crisis of the Sahara but in the preparation of the summit for the Mediterranean Union, scheduled for day 21 in Barcelona, although there is almost assured you will not be held, and has been surprised that could be interpreted as a disavowal of his successor as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Trinidad Jiménez.


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