Morocco wants an investigation into the arrival of the leader of the Polisario Spain in the Middle East News

Spain’s decision to take the leader of the Polisario Front without saying Ghali Rabat has strained relations between the two countries.

Morocco has called on Spain to open an investigation into when Western independence leaders arrived in the country for medical treatment and explain the findings to Rabat.

Madrid should explain “the conditions, circumstances and links that led to the fraud of this person using false documents and a usurped identity,” Foreign Ministry Director General Fouad Yazourh said on Saturday.

While Spain is using the travel documents and false name given by Algeria to Morocco to welcome the leader of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, to Rabat, Rabat has become angry, taking Western Sahara as part of Morocco.

The Algerian-backed Polisario Front seeks the independence of the region. Last year, a 1991 ceasefire led by the United Nations said it was resuming the armed struggle it had suspended in 1991, although there was little evidence of the fighting.

In December, the United States accepted Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara, an agreement that also strengthened Rabat’s ties with Israel.

On Monday, Morocco relaxed border controls with the Spanish-speaking enclave of North Africa in Spain and forced thousands of people to cross European soil effectively.

Rabat blamed the weather and border guards for the crossings, but analysts said it appeared to be linked to a diplomatic dispute with Madrid.

Ghali must be summoned to court in Spain in the case of war crimes against him. However, the Spanish High Court has rejected the plaintiff’s request for his arrest.

Morocco recalled the Spanish ambassador for consultations this week and said on Friday that relations between the two countries would deteriorate if Ghali were to leave Spain without trial.

In April, Morocco called a Spanish ambassador to express its “despair” after Ghali entered Spain. The Spanish Foreign Ministry then said they had entered the country “for strictly humanitarian reasons”.