Agustin Santos Maraver, a diplomat and former Spanish ambassador to the UN referred to Morocco as “a strategic partner” with whom Spain “has to develop a space of co-prosperity.”
Maraver, placed second on Spanish left-wing party Sumar’s list in Madrid, told EFE that a left-leaning government “is required, to accompany the spaces for modernization and expansion of the democratic space in Morocco.”
The envoy calls the country’s human rights abuse claims “individual cases,” but he does not deny their occurrences. He noted that Morocco is “a co-sovereignty regime” between the King and the people.
“It is not proper to expect from Morocco some kind of counterpart for the Spanish turn in the Sahara question,” Santos highlighted, when asked about the European country’s recent shift in position regarding the Western Sahara.
Sumar, without bringing up the notion of a referendum, reportedly declared itself in favor of the Saharawi people’s “self-determination.”
“When the 1974 census of potential voters is no longer an accurate representation of the current demographic reality, thinking about a referendum is unrealistic,” said the Spanish diplomat.
The separatist Polisario front disliked such affirmations from the Spanish diplomat, as separatists claimed Santos Maraver was a a “Moroccan lobbyist.”
The ambassador is a former PSOE activist who worked with the Socialist prime ministers Felipe Gonzalez, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and Pedro Sanchez.
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