The Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, stated this Monday that "there is no debate" because "Ceuta and Melilla are Spain", in response to the statements made by Enaam Mayara, president of the Moroccan Senate, speaking of both cities as "occupied" places ” by Spain, but sees it feasible to recover them in the future through negotiation "without resorting to arms."
In an interview in Cuatro, collected by Servimedia, the Minister of Defense responded to the statements made by the president of the Moroccan Senate, Enaam Mayara, and stated that she "would tell him, with absolute and total forcefulness, that Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish, as Spanish as Zamora, as Palencia or as any city". "They are Spanish and there is nothing more to discuss," she defended.
Along the same lines, the minister stated that "on this issue I have recently been to Ceuta and Melilla and I feel very Ceuta, I feel very Melilla because I feel very Spanish."
Regarding whether the Government will ask Rabat for some kind of public apology, Robles pointed out that "in the statements that each one makes, they will know the responsibility" they have and added that the position of the Government of Spain "is a clear and forceful position on this matter. ”.
"There is no debate, there is no possibility of debate on this matter, Ceuta and Melilla are Spain, period, there is nothing more to discuss," the minister added.
