Morocco Says It Won't Reoccupy Island

AP Online | July 19, 2002| | Copyright

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CEUTA, Spain (AP) _ Morocco won't try to reoccupy a disputed Mediterranean island if Spain withdraws its troops, Morocco's foreign minister was quoted Friday as saying, apparently easing a standoff that had sent relations between the nations to their lowest point in decades.

There was no immediate response from Spain's government, but a day earlier it had pledged to withdraw from the tiny rock outcrop called Isla Perejil, or Parsley Island, in Spanish and Leila in Arabic, if Morocco agreed to stay off, too.

"I say publicly: Morocco has no intention ...

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