April 13, 2015, 00:37 Madrid, Jan 13 (Prensa Latina) Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union (EU) and countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Barcelona today discussed coordination in topics such as the fight against terrorism and migration.
Representatives participating in the meeting of the 28 EU countries and call South Neighbourhood (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and Jordan)
Spain, the host country, announced in an official statement that considers the meeting an opportunity to share views also on security and economic cooperation and other issues defined as shared challenges.
Diplomatic sources indicated that the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Spain, José García-Margallo and Morocco, Salahedine Mezouar, take the opportunity to discuss issues that may cause tension in bilateral relations.
On Thursday, a Spanish judge announced the decision to prosecute 11 civilians, military and Moroccan police genocide committed in Western Sahara in 1975-1992.
To this criticism for what some Spanish sectors considered negligence of Moroccan gendarmerie, who rejected the Spanish aid in the rescue of three cavers lost on Mount Atlas joined two of whom died.
The situation apparently led to Morocco to reconsider the initial decision to place the head of his delegation to Barcelona Minister Delegate for Foreign Mbarka Bouaida and finally will Mezouar .
In local medium is estimated that Morocco wish to avoid any inconvenience in ties with Spain, currently non-permanent member of the Security Council of the UN agency in a few weeks to analyze the extension of a mission to the Sahara.
According to the known positions here, Rabat precludes the maintenance of force in the region which aims to monitor respect for human rights in the Sahara and I refugee camps, such as the Union claims . African (UA)
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