Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will arrive tomorrow, Wednesday, to Morocco, on his first visit after the major turning point in relations between Madrid and Rabat.
Sanchez will be accompanied by his first and third vice presidents, Nadia Calvino and Teresa Ribera, as well as the ministers of foreign affairs, interior, justice, industry, transport, social inclusion, agriculture, education, culture and science.
Sectoral meetings are scheduled between Moroccan government officials and their Spanish counterparts. Pedro Sanchez will also hold an official meeting with Morocco’s Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch.
Sanchez is likely to meet King Mohammed VI at the royal palace in Rabat. But a day away from the summit, Spain has not yet received confirmation of a meeting between Sanchez and King Mohammed VI.
Government sources made it clear that it was not Spanish authorities who should announce this reception, because protocol left this official announcement in the hands of Morocco.
The Spanish Prime Minister described this meeting as a “historic” event, the first of its kind since 2015, noting that “10 Spanish ministers will also come to the Kingdom.”
Sanchez is scheduled to sign memorandums, in addition to about 20 agreements and the renewal of the 2008 bilateral financial protocol.
Spanish government sources who spoke to Spanish outlet “Publico” described the high-level meeting as historic and could seal a bilateral relationship that forever eliminates future diplomatic crises.
The same sources stated that the Western Sahara issue would not be specifically addressed at the bilateral summit, noting that Spain’s position was “clear” since the April 7th agreement subsequent to the meeting between Sanchez and King Mohammed VI, when Spain officially supported Morocco’s autonomy proposal.
The Higher Joint Committee between Morocco and Spain is convening at a time when relations between the two countries are experiencing great momentum following Pedro Sanchez’s visit to Morocco.
While the problem of clandestine immigration remains one of the most sensitive files on the agenda of the Supreme Committee scheduled for tomorrow.
The Spanish government admits that the flows of Moroccan immigrants have decreased by more than half during the last four months, thanks to the security cooperation between Madrid and Rabat, which made it possible to combat smuggling and human trafficking networks.
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