[HIGHLIGHTS] The president of the Moroccan Senate sees feasible to recover the "occupied" Ceuta and Melilla "without resorting to arms" and Robles defends that "they are Spanish like Zamora"

The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, has replied on Monday to the president of the Senate of Morocco. "With absolute and total forcefulness, Ceuta and Melilla are as Spanish as Zamora or Palencia, there is more to discuss," he said.

The Istiqlal is part of the government coalition along with the National Rally of Independents (RNI), of which Prime Minister Aziz Ajanuch is a member, and the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM)