In last month's e-newsletter, we talked about Spain
\ndemanding Gibraltar back from the British, and how odd this
\nwas when they themselves had two territories in Morocco,
\n(Ceuta and Melilla) that the Moroccans would like
\nback. <\/p>\n
You may have noticed in the news that a couple of weeks They set up tents and put a Moroccan flag. The Morocco was also hoping to take the opportunity to talk In last month's e-newsletter, we talked about Spain demanding Gibraltar back from the British, and how odd this was when they themselves had two territories in Morocco, (Ceuta and Melilla)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"css_class_manager_body_classes":"","css_class_manager_use_in_post_loop":false},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","category-main-article","tag-july-2002"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nago, on July 11th<\/sup>, a small band
\nof Moroccan soldiers landed on the unoccupied Spanish
\nowned, but jointly claimed Island of Perejil (Spanish) or
\nLeila (Arabic) or Parsley (English) – unoccupied but for
\ngoats, that is, and just 25 metres from the Moroccan
\nshoreline. <\/p>\n
\narrival was said to be to celebrate the King of
\nMorocco's wedding. About a week after that,
\nSpanish troops arrived on the island, escorted by full
\nnaval battleships and gained control from the Moroccan
\narmy. Now the Spanish troops have withdrawn from the
\nisland and all is well again: foreign ministers of Morocco
\nand Spain have finalised a US-brokered (the EU was snubbed
\nin helping here) resolution to their dispute over the
\nMediterranean island of Perejil. Although both
\ncountries claim the island, Spain says it had an
\nunderstanding that neither side would erect a permanent
\ncamp there. The return to the status quo does not
\nmean that Morocco has given up its claim to sovereignty of
\nPereji.<\/p>\n
\nabout all the issues of contention between the two
\ncountries. These include the Western Sahara,
\nclandestine immigration and fishing, as well as the future
\nof the Spanish sovereign enclaves of Ceuta and
\nMelilla. Spain said it was willing to talk about
\nanything except the enclaves.<\/p>\n
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