SFollowing the ministerial reshuffle that took place on Saturday July 10 in Spain, the new members of the government headed by Pedro Sánchez were sworn in on Monday before King Felipe VI.
Among them, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, who replaces the controversial Arancha González Laya, in the midst of the diplomatic crisis between Morocco and Spain.
According to his words reported by the daily The country, the new head of Spanish diplomacy said he had worked with the head of government “advising him, learning with him, always in the field of international relations ”Albares said of Pedro Sánchez. “I fully share his political project: his goals and ideals ”, he added.
“I am really aware that the whole ministry is going through very difficult times, very difficult times for the whole planet, for the whole world. Never before have we experienced a health crisis that has turned into an economic crisis, and a social crisis, and if we don’t manage it well, it could turn into a diplomatic crisis because of the imbalances that can arise around the vaccine. ”, underlined the minister.
Albares indicated that Spain must work with its partners and friends, explicitly citing Morocco: it is necessary “strengthen our relations, especially with Morocco, our great friend ”. Words that come in the midst of the diplomatic and political crisis between Madrid and Rabat, which erupted after the reception, at the end of April in Spain, of the leader of the Polisario Front Brahim Gali.
“Morocco has stopped considering González Laya as a valid interlocutor after the crisis”, highlighted The country, and Sánchez “has decided to sacrifice it in the remodeling of its government to regain dialogue with the neighboring country ”, analyzes the Spanish daily.
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