Time.news – “I hope that Europe is careful not to let itself be dragged and exploited by a purely bilateral Spanish problem, which has made a mockery of European values by protecting a war criminal. He declares it to the Time.news the ambassador of Morocco to Rome, Youssef Balla, which confirms the diplomatic crisis between Rabat and Madrid after the latter welcomed the head of the Polisario, Brahim Ghali.
“Europe knows that the Morocco it is the only country on the southern shore whose stability and sense of responsibility contribute effectively to the security, stability and well-being of its citizens every day ”, adds the diplomat.
“Spain, before asking for European support, must be transparent with the EU, and tell the truth to its European partners, that is, that it makes a mockery of the principles and values accepting on European territory a war criminal pursued by his own justice, with false claims of humanitarian reasons, using methods that are not worthy of a rule of law ”, concludes Balla.
“No lessons on managing migrants”
“Morocco has no lessons to learn from anyone about its commitment to the global fight against irregular immigration. This is demonstrated by the fact that it is considered a model by theHim-her-it and by many international organizations and the numbers clearly say: 13,000 illegal immigration attempts have been thwarted since 2017 and the dismantling of 4,163 trafficking networks “, adds Balla.
And again: “99% of the commitment in this fight is made by Morocco, which does not receive even 20% of the costs from Europe. The migratory crisis in the Mediterranean is mainly a European responsibility and the transit countries are suffering the consequences”.
“A migration policy cannot be built from positions of selfishness and arrogance but from shared responsibility and confident compromise. Those who maintain in Europe are wrong. the illusion of an ivory tower and of subcontracting the migration issue to third countries considering them as gendarmes rather than as partners “, concludes Balla.
“Crisis is with Madrid”
“What happened in Ceuta is a simple migration crisis, as had already happened many times in the past in the same area, but Spain is overexposing it to hide the real diplomatic crisis with Morocco caused by Madrid’s reception of the head of the Polisario, prosecuted by the Spanish justice itself for crimes of war, terrorism and rape ”. the ambassador again specifies
“In the past there have already been 34 attempts to assault the border, all avoided by the Moroccan police forces. The last episode coincided with the end of Ramadan party and therefore with a reduced presence of agents who were unable to control the crowd “, explains Balla who believes the diplomatic crisis with Madrid is far from over.
“The circumstances of welcoming, under a humanitarian pretext, the head of the Polisario, a war criminal, are scandalous for a rule of law: welcoming him with a false identity and in secret is an attack on the territorial integrity of Morocco, on the spirit of good neighborliness and a partnership relationship based on trust ”, reiterates Balla referring to Brahim Ghali.
“Madrid still does not respond as to why the separatist leader of the Polisario was admitted in Spain secretly and with a fake passport; nor why he deemed it unnecessary to inform Morocco; nor because the Spanish justice has not yet responded to the numerous complaints presented by the victims ”, asks the ambassador of Rabat.
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