The Government of the Canary Islands conveys to Foreign Affairs its "concern" about Morocco's military maneuvers 125 kilometers from its coast

Agencies Las Palmas

The Palms

Updated Monday, March 25, 2024-20:33

The Deputy Minister of the Presidency of the Government of the Canary Islands,

Alfonso Cabello

, reported this Monday that the regional Executive has conveyed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs its "concern" about the development of military maneuvers by Morocco in waters near the Canary Islands.

According to several media outlets, the Navy of the Alawite kingdom will soon begin three consecutive months of naval maneuvers in the south of Morocco and in the waters of Western Sahara, 125 kilometers from the coast of the Canary Islands.

In the press conference after the Government Council, Cabello stated that Morocco is carrying out these maneuvers "unilaterally."

Likewise, Cabello recalled that on February 26, the Canary Islands president,

Fernando Clavijo

, requested information from the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, about the content of the meetings that are being held with the kingdom of Morocco and, although there is no news In this regard, he is aware that both cabinets are working to provide more information.

For his part, the general secretary of the Popular Party of the Canary Islands,

Jacob Qadri

, has demanded that the Government of Spain urgently provide all available information in reference to the military maneuvers that Morocco will carry out starting next Friday in waters near the Archipelago.

Jacob Qadri has denounced "the secrecy" that Sánchez's Executive maintains "on a regular basis" with all those matters that affect the Islands, and has criticized "the opacity" with which any issue related to Morocco that affects about the Canary Islands.

"We are seriously concerned that the Government of Spain remains in strict silence, impassive, in the face of such relevant issues as border control, the delimitation of territorial waters, the conflict in Western Sahara and, now, these military maneuvers that the neighboring country will carry out. at the gates of the Archipelago," commented Qadri.

Qadri has indicated that so far, the Spanish Government has not issued any statement in this regard. The news has emerged through a circular sent by the Alawite kingdom to shipowners and fishermen announcing the zone of exclusion of work for the execution of military maneuvers.

The general secretary of the

popular

Canarians has reproached the president of the Spanish Government for the fact that the execution of these military maneuvers has transcended through the fishing sector, "they have not been officially communicated," Qadri lamented, adding that it is "one more episode of the obscurantism that Sánchez maintains in relations with Morocco, which has a direct impact on the Islands and which he is obliged to report.

According to the PP spokesperson, "Sánchez must explain as soon as possible what details the Government controls in reference to these military activities, whether he was aware of their execution, what degree of communication there has been between both governments and the reasons." that justify the silence that the central Executive has maintained in the face of the maneuvers that Morocco will activate starting next March 29."