Spain's new position on the Moroccan Sahara has "pulverized" the "nicely woven and conspiracy-based" narrative used by some Spanish media hostile to Morocco, said strategic studies expert Lahcen Haddad.

Spain's new position on the Moroccan Sahara has "pulverized" the "nicely woven and conspiracy-based" narrative used by some Spanish media hostile to Morocco, said strategic studies expert Lahcen Haddad.

By abandoning its "historical" position of neutrality on its former colony, the Sahara, "Spain responds positively to the logical and practical evidence of geographical determinism, the imperative of political realism of Spanish-Moroccan relations, condemned to be benevolent by history and geography," said the director general of the African Center for Strategic Intelligence (CISPaix), Dr. Abdoul Latif Aidara.

Spain's new position on the Moroccan Sahara issue is a "concrete step" towards strengthening peace and regional stability, writes the Mexican newspaper El Universal.

Morocco and Spain have adopted a joint statement at the end of discussions between His Majesty King Mohammed VI and the President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, who is visiting the Kingdom at the invitation of the Sovereign as part of a new stage of partnership between the two countries.