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Spain warns from Berlin pressure from Morocco will not change our position regarding Western Sahara

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Berlin (Germany), June 17, 2021 (SPS) - In the midst of Morocco's aggression against neighboring countries and the European Union to gain support in their policies contrary to international legality, the Secretary of State for Global Spain, Manuel Muñiz has warned that the position of his countries, with legal and historical responsibility in the process of decolonization of Western Sahara, "has not changed and will not change.
According to the EFE news agency, the Secretary of State has clarified in a meeting with journalists, held in Berlin, that Spain's position is "perfectly framed in the Security Council resolutions" and in "the international consensus." he has defended that it is the same position that "has remained unchanged for decades."
"We support from the beginning what the United Nations Security Council has requested, which is that a dialogue be carried out between the Saharawi and Moroccan sides on the status of the region and that it be mediated by the (United Nations Mission for the referendum in Western Sahara) MINURSO ”, says Manuel Muñiz in statements collected by EFE