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First firm step for the recovery of diplomatic relations between Spain and Morocco, after

Mohamed VI

publicly expressed his desire to open an "unprecedented" stage in collaboration with Madrid. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported this afternoon that

José Manuel Albares

has had a telephone conversation with his counterpart,

Nasser Burita

, and that they have agreed to "hold a meeting in person, soon", since a meeting in New York has not been possible, within the framework of the UN General Assembly. Albares is there but Burita does not attend the appointment.

The horizon of this meeting, which is expected to be in Rabat, has just normalized communication between the two countries, which Morocco dynamited after the Spanish decision to host the leader of the Polisario Front,

Brahim Ghali

, in a hospital in Logroño

. This fact produced the biggest political crisis with the African neighbor since Perejil. The Alawite monarchy used it to punish Spain and, fundamentally, the then Minister

Arancha González Laya

, for not supporting

Donald Trump's

decision

to recognize the Moroccanness of the Sahara.

And to make his anger crystal clear, after several statements against Spain and its minister, in which it was warned that the Moroccan reception would have consequences, Rabat promoted and allowed the arrival of thousands of Moroccans to the coasts of Ceuta to make clear what it happens if they don't control their border.

Little by little the situation normalized but

Pedro Sánchez

ended up sacrificing Laya in the renewal of his cabinet in July, as proof of his willingness to resume relations with Morocco.

She no longer had an interlocution with Burita, who did not even put her on the phone, and she was the one who bet within the Government to bring Ghali, after Algeria requested it, against the criteria of other ministers, such as the Interior Minister,

Fernando Grande-Marlaska

.

Now, with the acquiescence of Mohamed VI and Sánchez's priority assignment to Albares to sew relations with Morocco, the new Foreign Minister has been weaving a new communication with his counterpart.

Today it is made public that they have spoken but had already done so previously.

It is tangible proof of the thaw.

The announcement that they will finally meet has occurred just the day that it became known that a judge in Zaragoza has called to declare González Laya as accused, in a case investigating the entry into Spain of Ghali, whom by order of The foreign passport was not requested, as it was transported by an official Algerian plane.

The complaint comes from an individual, the lawyer

Antonio Urdiales

, with family connections with Morocco, which says it feels damaged by the diplomatic crisis between the two countries that caused the arrival of the Saharawi leader.

However, his links with Rabat and the judicial investigation that he has led do not seem to be an obstacle for Spain to continue with the thaw with Morocco.

All in the absence of knowing if this matter will also be part of the conversation that Albares and Burita have.

These words were the unequivocal sign that the storm had passed and that Rabat, after collecting the piece from the previous Foreign Minister,.

Arancha González Laya, was willing to return to normality.

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