\n The Spanish Prime Minister revealed that leaders in the country need to be more hands-on with the incident, as seen on Politico<\/a>, which reported that the administrator seemed to be taking jabs at the Spanish king. \n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere are more than enough reasons and motives for the head of state to visit Ceuta and Melilla,\u201d S\u00e1nchez told Spanish radio network Cadena SER, giving his first interview since the migration incident.
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\n \u201cA lot of people think I\u2019ve been governing for a long time, but I\u2019ve only been in power for eight years,\u201d said S\u00e1nchez, who has visited Ceuta four times since becoming prime minister.
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\n \u201cThe king has reigned for 20 years. How many times has he gone to Ceuta and Melilla? Not once.\u201d
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\n S\u00e1nchez\u2019s claim seems to have some inconsistencies, according to Politico, given that King Felipe VI has been Spain\u2019s monarch since 2014, representing a 12-year rule so far, not 20.
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\n The Spanish Prime Minister also referenced a 2007 trip to Ceuta by Felipe VI\u2019s father, former King Juan Carlos I.
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\n King Juan Carlos I’s five-hour visit to the city marked the most recent occasion on which a Spanish head of state had traveled there.
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\n Prior to Juan Carlos I\u2019s visit, Ceuta had also received two other Spanish heads of state.
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\n King Alfonso XIII visited the North African city in 1927, while Niceto Alcal\u00e1-Zamora, president of Spain\u2019s Second Republic, made a trip there in 1933.
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\n The former crowned head of Spain, King Juan Carlos I, maintained a close personal friendship with the late King Hassan II of Morocco and frequently engaged in back-channel diplomacy during diplomatic disagreements between Madrid and Rabat.
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\n Reports from the S\u00e1nchez administration indicate that while the Spanish monarch was requested to contact his counterpart in Rabat immediately following the crisis, he declined to intervene.
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\n Additionally, while Morocco\u2019s king is largely considered to be Africa\u2019s richest traditional ruler, and one of the wealthiest in the world, Spain\u2019s king is widely regarded as the most financially modest.
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