The Moroccan Government is apparently incensed by the official announcement on Friday that the proposed visit by His Majesty, King Juan Carlos I on the 5th and 6th of November to the two Spanish occupied cities of Ceuta and Melilla will go ahead.
From Spain's point of view the visit, which follows the one by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero last year, is " logical and natural " . Spain feels that it would serve to establish mechanisms of collaboration between Spain and Morocco to both improve the relations between the two countries.
The Morrocan Government says that the decision to go ahead with the visit has been taken after very high instructions (sic) from His Majesty, King Mohamed IV to the Spanish Government telling them to cancel.
Morrocco disputes the fact that Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish in the same way that Spain disputes the fact that Gibraltar is British. I'm afraid Spain, that you really can't have it both ways.
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