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Rabat – Tomas Zdechovsky posted a tweet Wednesday morning implicating Spain for attempting to involve the European Union in “this dangerous path” that Madrid has perpetuated against Morocco.
As Spain still attempts to deal with the political ramifications over its controversial support of Western Sahara and Polisario leader Brahim Ghali, the Czech politician’s tweet is one of several instances of Europeans criticizing the route that Madrid has chosen to proceed in its diplomatic row with Morocco.
Zdechovsky directly accuses Spain of attempting to push “aggressively for adoption of a European Parliament (EP) resolution against Morocco, which only seeks to hide its successive mistakes,” as many call for Spain to backtrack its position in the conflict.
Since initially sparking tensions with Rabat, Spanish officials have reported that Morocco has effectively ceased communications with Spain, a move that has alarmed many security officials.
Morocco is unequivocally the most important North African security partner preventing drug trafficking, irregular migration, and radical Islamic extremist groups from infiltrating Europe’s borders with Africa.
Zdechovsky added in a later tweet that Spain’s political stunts would only “lead to escalation instead of giving a chance to dialogue between two neighboring countries.”
Criticisms have been levelled at both Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, as well as Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Laya, for their roles in enabling Polisario leader Brahim Ghali’s illegal entrance into Spain in April for COVID-19 treatments under false identification.
Ghali was then allowed to freely leave the country last week after a Spanish federal judge refused to prosecute him for war crimes he is accused by many of having committed in the past.
Rabat slammed the Spanish decisions, as well as many NGOs activists, and media groups who remain conscious of Ghali’s past actions.
It remains unclear what direction, if any, the EU will take in regards to the political crises.
As summer approaches, which usually corresponds to a sharp uptick in irregular migration rates, Spain’s poor political decision making will pose a huge security risk for the integrity of the European Union, and will be sure to result in huge economic and security costs for the rest of the Union.
