Tag: Ceuta

• Monday, August 19th 2013 - 12:52 UTC

  Margaret Thatcher documents: King Juan Carlos in no rush to recover Gibraltar because of Morocco threat

  

  Spain’s King Juan Carlos told Margaret Thatcher’s most senior official at least twice that “it was not in fact in the interests of Spain to recover Gibraltar soon, even if it were possible.” Instead he agreed with the United Kingdom that it was for Spain to make herself attractive to the Gibraltarian people.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 03:29 UTC

  UN advisor criticizes Spain’s ‘double standard’ on Gibraltar when it comes to Ceuta and Melilla

  

  A political adviser on Arab affairs at the UN in New York said Spain operated “double standards” by dismissing Moroccan sovereignty claims over Ceuta and Melilla as unfounded while pursuing its own claim over Gibraltar.