After learning of the publication in the Official Gazette of Morocco of the two laws approved in the Parliament of the neighboring country on the delimitation of its waters, the president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, has once again insisted that "not a single millimeter of the waters surrounding the Archipelago will be touched".
On the morning of this same Tuesday, immediately after learning the news, Torres contacted the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya, whom he has asked for "forcefulness" in the legitimate defense of Spanish territorial waters. Although the aforementioned Alawite laws do not specify maps or coordinates, Ángel Víctor Torres demands that "the Government of Spain act forcefully".
According to the Government of the Canary Islands, González Laya has promised to do so "as soon as the Moroccan proposal is specified, and as soon as the slightest overlap of the Spanish maritime domain in the Canary Islands environment is detected".
"No unilateral decision will be accepted"
The Canary Islands president insists that, as the autonomous government and the Government of Spain have been defending since the processing of these two laws in the Moroccan Parliament became known, "no unilateral decision will be accepted" in this regard, as dictated by international law. In addition, he states that he has received the guarantee that the Government of Spain will raise the appropriate complaints before the UN in the event of an overlap of territorial waters.
Ángel Víctor Torres has reiterated that the defense of the Canary Islands waters "is non-negotiable" and that "the Canary Islands will not accept any fait accompli policy".
In this regard, it is recalled that the president of the Government of the Canary Islands brought this year for approval to the Governing Council an institutional resolution in defense of the Canary Islands waters, which was also unanimously supported by all political forces with representation in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.
Likewise, it is highlighted that the president of the Canary Islands has maintained direct contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at all times to closely follow the evolution of the Moroccan legislative process and its possible effects on the Islands.
