Spanish Government Spokeswoman lauds bilateral relations with Morocco

Spain and Morocco maintain diplomatic relations based on “mutual respect and responsibility,” said Spanish Government Spokeswoman Isabel Rodriguez on Tuesday, assuring that bilateral relations are governed by the Joint Declaration of April 7, 2022 and the conclusions of the High Level Meeting, held in Rabat last February.

“Spain will continue to work according to the principles of collaboration, mutual respect and responsibility with Morocco,” stressed Isabel Rodriguez at a press briefing, held at the end of the weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers.

The Spanish government’s position on Morocco is “clearly expressed in the roadmap of the Spanish-Moroccan declaration of April 7, 2022 and more recently at the last high-level meeting in Morocco,” insisted the spokesperson for the Spanish Executive.

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The agreements with Morocco are “very important”, because they cover different aspects of bilateral ties, she argued.

The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, recently described as “very positive” the assessment of bilateral cooperation with Morocco, since the adoption of the Joint Declaration of April 7, 2022, during the visit of the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchez, to Morocco, at the invitation of King Mohammed VI.

“We welcome a very positive assessment. (…) We laid the foundations of a relationship on new foundations, respect and mutual benefit, lack of unilateral actions and respect for agreed commitments,” stressed the head of Spanish diplomacy, in a daily interview “Ara”.

On the basis of the new roadmap, adopted on the occasion of Pedro Sanchez’s visit to Morocco, at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, the two countries committed, among other things, to dealing with topics of common interest in a “spirit of trust and consultation”, while reactivating the working groups created between the two countries to relaunch multisectoral bilateral cooperation.