Spanish politicians continue reacting to a newly published map on the Moroccan Embassy’s website in Spain, which shows the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla as parts of Morocco.
According to the controversial map, the entire disputed territory of Sahara also belongs to Rabat.
On Tuesday, Spain’s Foreign Affairs Ministry emphasized that Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish, but did not confirm that it would take other actions against the Moroccan Embassy or Rabat.
The statement comes after the president of Spain’s Melilla, Juan Jose Imbroda, slammed the map as “another hostile aggression” by Morocco against the territory he represents. On Friday, he also demanded that Spain’s national government issue a “formal protest” to Rabat over the map.
By Sunday, Imbroda called Spain’s national government “whitewashers” willing to “swallow anything” from Morocco, as they hadn’t responded to his request.
On Monday, the Socialist Party leader in Melilla, Gloria Rojas, also joined the criticism.
“It’s intolerable that anyone, either inside or outside of our borders, would question our being Spanish and we will not tolerate it,” she said in a statement, adding that Spain’s national government “makes it very clear that Melilla and Ceuta are Spain. End of story.”
