
Minister Nizar Baraka confirms Rabat's position on the Spanish exclaves in North Africa
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Morocco maintains historical claims to the autonomous Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla. The issue takes place in a context of migratory tensions between the two countries.
Morocco does not intend to give up its territorial claims on Ceuta and Melilla, in the climate of tension with Spain due to the mass arrivals of over 72 thousand migrants in the autonomous Iberian city at the end of July. This was reiterated by the Moroccan Minister of Public Works and Water, Nizar Baraka, general secretary of the Istiqlal party, quoted today by the Iberian media, including El Confidencial.
During a rally of his party, in view of the legislative elections of September 23 in Morocco, Baraka defined Spain as "an essential partner" for Rabat, but warned: "We will not withdraw a single inch from our national territory", in reference to the two Spanish exclaves in North Africa.
The statements add to those of other members of the Moroccan government. In recent weeks the Moroccan Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, claimed Morocco's "historical and geographical rights" over Ceuta and Melilla, while the head of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Ahmed Tufiq, spoke of the "sacred struggle for the liberation of the occupied cities", during an event in the presence of King Mohammed VI.

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