London calls for peaceful settlement of Moroccan-Spanish crisis
The British government called on Thursday for a rapid and peaceful settlement of the Moroccan-Spanish crisis over the Leila islet.
British foreign office secretary, Baroness Symons, told the parliament Britain hoped that the crisis would be settled rapidly and peacefully, given its good relations with both countries.
She also ruled out any parallel between the crisis and ongoing talks between Spain and Great Britain on Gibraltar.
Britain has remained neutral in the Moroccan-Spanish stand off over the islet while the British media has been criticizing Spain's double standard policy of its territorial claims on Gibraltar and refusal to discuss the future of its two colonies in northern Morocco.
