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The New Submarine Cable Between the Canary Islands and Morocco Opens a Diplomatic Front in Western Sahara

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The Canary Islands continues with the deployment of a new submarine fibre optic cable that will connect Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, arriving on the Moroccan coasts of Tarfaya. However, the location of the connecting point introduces a geopolitical component into the project. Tarfaya is just 35 kilometers from the border of Western Sahara and this proximity opens the possibility that, in the future, the infrastructure can be extend…
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The Canary Islands continues with the deployment of a new submarine fibre optic cable that will connect Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, arriving on the Moroccan coasts of Tarfaya. However, the location of the connecting point introduces a geopolitical component into the project. Tarfaya is just 35 kilometers from the border of Western Sahara and this proximity opens the possibility that, in the future, the infrastructure can be extend…

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informacion.es broke the news on Friday, August 14, 2026.
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