Morocco’s Minister of Equipment Nizar Baraka co-chaired in Madrid a of the Joint Moroccan-Spanish Commission for the fixed link between the two countries through the Straits of Gibraltar, report Iberian media.
Alongside his Spanish counterpart Raquel Sanchez, the Ministers on Monday revived plans of linking both Kingdoms through innovative infrastructure.
“14 years since Tangier in October 2009, we will give impetus to the studies of a project of maximum geo-strategic importance for our countries and for relations between Europe and Africa,” said the Spanish Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sanchez in a speech at the beginning of the session.
“We are starting a new stage in the revival of the project of fixed link through the Strait of Gibraltar, which we launched in 1981, hand in hand,” she said.
Two companies, Secegsa and SNED, are involved in materializing this project.
The meeting coincides with the reactivation of the Spanish company Secegsa, who‘s objective is limited to conducting studies, which are usually carried out jointly with its Moroccan counterpart SNED, both created in 1981.
The Spanish minister said that the recovery plan includes 2.3 million euros of European funds to update the studies related to the project.
The Joint Declaration issued at the end of the High Level Meeting, held on 1 and 2 February in Rabat, stressed that “the two parties also agreed on the need to further develop connectivity (infrastructure etc..) and facilitate mobility between the two countries.
In this sense, they welcome the signing of MOUs in the field of infrastructure and transport to strengthen sectoral cooperation.
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