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Spain PM in Morocco to mend ties after Western Sahara shift

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez walks next to Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch as he arrives in Rabat on an official visit, in Morocco, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Sanchez has arrived in Rabat to meet with Moroccan King Mohammed VI on a two-day visit that promises to mark an easing of diplomatic tensions centered on Morocco's disputed region of Western Sahara. Relations were damaged last April when Morocco was angered by Spain allowing the leader of the pro-independence movement for Western Sahara to receive medical treatment. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is welcomed by Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch as he arrives in Rabat on an official visit, in Morocco, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Sanchez has arrived in Rabat to meet with Moroccan King Mohammed VI on a two-day visit that promises to mark an easing of diplomatic tensions centered on Morocco's disputed region of Western Sahara. Relations were damaged last April when Morocco was angered by Spain allowing the leader of the pro-independence movement for Western Sahara to receive medical treatment. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez leaves Rabat airport on his way to meet with King Mohammed VI, during an official visit in Morocco, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Sanchez has arrived in Rabat to meet with Moroccan King Mohammed VI on a two-day visit that promises to mark an easing of diplomatic tensions centered on Morocco's disputed region of Western Sahara. Relations were damaged last April when Morocco was angered by Spain allowing the leader of the pro-independence movement for Western Sahara to receive medical treatment. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is welcomed by Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch as he arrives in Rabat on an official visit, in Morocco, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Sanchez has arrived in Rabat to meet with Moroccan King Mohammed VI on a two-day visit that promises to mark an easing of diplomatic tensions centered on Morocco's disputed region of Western Sahara. Relations were damaged last April when Morocco was angered by Spain allowing the leader of the pro-independence movement for Western Sahara to receive medical treatment. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) In this photo provided by the Royal Palace, Moroccan King Mohammed VI, center, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, second left, Crown Prince Moulay Hassan, second right, Prince Moulay Rachid, the king's brother, right, and Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, left, pose before an Iftar meal, the evening meal when Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset, at the King Royal residence in Sale, Morocco, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Sanchez is on a two-day visit to Morocco that promises to mark an easing of diplomatic tensions centered on Morocco's disputed region of Western Sahara. (Moroccan Royal Palace via AP)