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¶4. (C) The Spanish host was not happy. For Spain, the Sahara is now a hot domestic political issue.
Last week, in the joint declaration of the Zapatero visit, they had agreed to a statement cautiously praising the Moroccan proposals as a basis for progress.
The Algerians then raised the price of gas exports to Spain by a hefty amount described in the press as 20 percent. (
Comment: This move, possibly worth hundreds of millions of dollars, may have been in the cards anyway.
End comment.)
¶4. (C) The Spanish host was not happy. For Spain, the Sahara is now a hot domestic political issue.
Last week, in the joint declaration of the Zapatero visit, they had agreed to a statement cautiously praising the Moroccan proposals as a basis for progress.
The Algerians then raised the price of gas exports to Spain by a hefty amount described in the press as 20 percent. (
Comment: This move, possibly worth hundreds of millions of dollars, may have been in the cards anyway.
End comment.)
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