Spain must "act as a friendly country" so that confidence is restored in its relations with Morocco, "a great Nation and a friendly and neighboring country", underlines the director of Spanish daily "La Razon", Francisco Marhuenda.

Here follows a statement issued by the ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad on the crisis between Morocco and Spain:

Former Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Piqué has criticized his country following its decision to host secretly and under a false identity the man named Brahim Ghali, leader of the polisario separatists.

Moroccan Ambassador to Spain Karima Benyaich deplored, on Thursday, "the false facts" and "inappropriate remarks" made by the Spanish Foreign Minister.

Spain is called upon to rethink its position on the Sahara issue in the new geopolitical context marked by the decision of the United States to recognize the sovereignty of Morocco over the southern provinces, former Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo said.