马德里,10月1日电 据王室消息人士周四透露,西班牙国王费利佩将于本月访问有争议的北非飞地休达和梅利利亚,此举可能会进一步加剧马德里与拉巴特之间本已紧张的关系,此前双方在今夏经历了一场边境危机。
MADRID, Oct 1 - Spain's King Felipe will visit the disputed North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla this month, sources in the royal household said on Thursday, a move that could further strain tense relations between Madrid and Rabat following a border crisis this summer.
费利佩国王和莱蒂齐亚王后将于10月13日和14日进行访问,这将是他在12年统治期间首次访问这两个飞地。此行距离7月晚些时候7.2万多名移民从摩洛哥涌入休达仅两个多月。
The trip by Felipe and Queen Letizia on October 13 and 14 will be his first to the enclaves during his 12-year reign. It comes just over two months after more than 72,000 migrants surged into Ceuta from Morocco in late July.
摩洛哥政府历来反对西班牙王室访问这两座城市,摩洛哥声称对其拥有主权,并视其为被西班牙占领的领土。
The Moroccan government has historically opposed Spanish royal visits to the two cities, over which it claims sovereignty and which it regards as occupied by Spain.
马德里认为这两个战略前哨是其领土不可分割的一部分。休达和梅利利亚分别自17世纪和15世纪起属于西班牙。
Madrid considers the strategic outposts an integral part of its territory. Ceuta and Melilla have been part of Spain since the 17th and 15th centuries, respectively.
作为西班牙礼仪性国家元首,费利佩自边境危机爆发以来,大多避免公开评论休达局势,直到两周前首次提及该飞地,以表彰当地民防工作者的工作。
Felipe, Spain's ceremonial head of state, has mostly refrained from commenting publicly on the Ceuta crisis since it began, first mentioning the enclave two weeks ago to praise civil protection workers there.
但在周二为法国总统马克龙举行的国宴上,马克龙正对西班牙进行国事访问,费利佩表示欧洲国家本应对马德里表现出更多团结,称休达局势“不可接受”。摩洛哥外交部未立即回应路透社就计划访问发表评论的请求。
But at an official dinner for French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday during his state visit to Spain, Felipe said European countries should have shown more solidarity with Madrid, calling the situation in Ceuta "unacceptable.". Morocco's Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the planned visit.
自边境涌入事件发生以来,西班牙的政治辩论主要集中在摩洛哥在危机中扮演的确切角色上。反对党指责摩洛哥官员串通或不作为,并指责首相桑切斯对拉巴特过于软弱。
Political debate in Spain since the border surge has largely centred around Morocco's precise role in the crisis. Opposition parties have accused Moroccan officials of complicity or inaction and accused Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of being too soft on Rabat.
桑切斯最初赞扬摩洛哥在遣返移民方面的合作,并多次否认拉巴特策划了这场危机,但他在上周接受CNN采访时表示,摩洛哥的边境管控在移民涌入期间失效了。
After initially praising Morocco for its cooperation in repatriating the migrants and repeatedly denying that Rabat had orchestrated the crisis, Sanchez told CNN in an interview last week that Morocco's border controls had failed during the rush.
摩洛哥否认存在任何疏忽,将此次偷渡潮归咎于社交媒体虚假信息、人口贩运者,以及对一项西班牙法院裁决的误读——该裁决似乎为海路入境打开了法律漏洞。
Morocco has denied any laxness, blaming the crossing on social media disinformation, human traffickers, and the misinterpretation of a Spanish court ruling that appeared to open a legal loophole for arrivals by sea.