Sanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation José Manuel Albares said Morocco places first among Spain’s foreign policy priorities, praising the “success” of the high-level meeting that took place on Wednesday and Thursday in Rabat.
The head of Spanish diplomacy, who was a guest on a program on Spanish public television, noted that the high-level meeting “had the most tangible results” in the history of the two countries, with a record number of “about 20 agreements”.
Albaris stressed that the conclusions of this bilateral meeting, the first since 2015, are the results of “many months of joint work.”
He stated that a “road map” had been drawn up with “new dynamics and a new will”, “mutually beneficial” in important sectors such as the economy and migration management, as well as education and culture.
The Spanish official recorded that “Morocco is essential for Spain, as well as Spain for Morocco.”
He added that Spanish exports to Morocco have exceeded the threshold of 10 billion euros, and the total volume of bilateral trade exchanges has reached 20 billion euros, which is unprecedented in the economic relations between the two countries.
In addition, Albaris continues, Morocco’s cooperation in managing irregular migration flows has reduced the number of migrants arriving on the Spanish coast by 69 percent last January compared to January 2022, explaining that bilateral cooperation in combating terrorism has materialized in recent months through Dismantling six jihadist cells.
aris concluded by saying that all these data support and confirm that Morocco is a “strategic partner for Spain.”
The twelfth session of the Moroccan-Spanish high-level meeting, which concluded Thursday in Rabat, culminated in the issuance of a joint declaration in which the two parties expressed their commitment to sustaining the excellent relations they have always had, and reaffirmed their desire to continuously enrich them.
On this occasion, the two sides signed several cooperation agreements covering a range of fields, including migration management, tourism, infrastructure, water resources, environment, agriculture, vocational training, social security, transportation, health protection, and research and development.
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