Post by account_disabled on Mar 6, 2024 0:34:42 GMT -5
Territories of spanish sovereignty in north africa, such as the chafarinas islands , the peñón de alhucemas and the peñón de vélez de la gomera , which on googlemaps are identified as possessions belonging to morocco. For the search engine, mohamed vi has achieved on the internet what he has not achieved through diplomatic means and pressure of all kinds: acquiring spanish territories that he has claimed on numerous occasions since his arrival to the throne in 1999. These territorial claims, together with the spanish position in favor of the autonomy process in the sahara and the bilateral fishing treaties , have historically been the main points of conflict between morocco and spain . In 2001, the tension reached such a point that the aznar government decided to withdraw the spanish ambassador in rabat. As el confidencial digital has verified (and the images are reproduced here), the cartographic map service googlemaps attributes ownership of those spanish territories in north africa to the kingdom of morocco . These are the territories that appear as moroccan in the most famous search engine on the internet: -- perejil islet , which is located in the strait of gibraltar.
The most serious incident that occurred in this small area of land began on july 11, 2002, when six moroccan gendarmes pointed guns at a civil guard patrol and forced them to leave because "This is no longer spain." afterwards, they raised the moroccan flag. Forces Special Database from the army's special operations command recovered the islet. In the end, both countries agreed to return to the status quo ante: abstention from acts related to it, from any permanent settlement and, of course, omission of symbols of sovereignty. -- chafarinas islands , a spanish archipelago in the mediterranean sea, 4 km. Off the coast of africa. Through the treaty of wad-ras, signed on april 26, 1860, morocco recognized spain's sovereignty over the islands. -- peñón de alhucemas , an islet in the western mediterranean belonging to spain since 1673. 300 meters from the coast of morocco, it has an approximate area of 0.015 km2. It is currently uninhabited and guarded by regular military personnel. -- peñón de vélez de la gomera . It is a peninsula owned by the kingdom of spain, located in north africa and one of the spanish military enclaves whose possession dates back to 1508.
It is not known that the government of madrid has raised any complaint or claim to the internet search engine for the awarding of these sovereign territories to morocco and for it to rectify it. In june 2007 there was an alarm because google satellite images presented the territory of catalonia with a different color from the rest of spain, clearly differentiating it from the rest of the autonomous communities – click here to see the ecd news. Regarding the autonomous cities of ceuta and melilla, in the google search engine they currently appear as what they are, spanish territory.As stated by de arístegui following the news published exclusively in el confidencial digital , the territories indicated as moroccan by google maps –peñones de alhucemas and vélez de la gomera and the chafarinas islands, in addition to perejil-, “have a historical status. ” very similar to that of ceuta and melilla", so "They are not, nor have they been, nor will they ever be from morocco", although the situation of the perejil islet in terms of international law, the diplomat pointed out, is different . De arístegui has taken the opportunity to remind taieb fassi fihri , moroccan foreign minister, with whom he maintains a good personal relationship and whom he considers a well-educated person.