Morocco refuses the passage of the first commercial truck from Melilla until the procedures are completed

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

Heba Press_Yasir Al-Ihya’i

Heba Press learned from sources close to customs that a small commercial truck arrived today at noon on the Moroccan side to try to resume commercial traffic between the two countries. He remained stuck there for hours without obtaining authorization to cross for the technical reasons described. According to the same sources, by failing to finalize the procedures “agreed between the two parties within the framework of the meetings which preceded the announcement of the opening of the two passages”.

The vehicle coming from the occupied city contains household appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, etc., in addition to dishes and household utensils included in the same type of shipment.

The same sources confirmed that customs procedures on the Moroccan side took place smoothly, with great precision and with particular support from the General Administration of Customs at the highest level, with the aim of making the process interrupted for years a success.

However, some of the technical procedures that were supposed to include shipping documents in accordance with the agreement were partially violated, prompting Moroccan customs to send the boxes from the truck in question back to their next destination until that these procedures are completely completed, as it should officially pass on Thursday morning, marking the resumption of commercial exchanges as they were before.

It should be noted that Morocco had subjected Spain to a series of conditions in this regard and imposed itself from a position of strength, which prompted the governor of Melilla to express his concern in a television interview, yesterday Tuesday, declaring: “The conditions set by the Moroccan authorities will not get us out of poverty.