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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Maritime traffic between Spain and Morocco is set to resume Tuesday following the normalisation of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Rabat’s transport ministry said. Embroiled in a dispute with Spain over the territory of Western Sahara, Morocco upheld the blockade between some of the largest ports on the Mediterranean for over two years. The busy, but short, 14-kilometre (nine-mile) route across the Strait of Gibraltar had originally been shut in March 2020 when Morocco severed transport links with Europe over the Covid-19 pandemic. The maritime borders reopened last summer – bu…