2024-07-24 06:35:16
”The strategic partnership between Morocco and Spain is now a multidimensional partnership, because it encompasses all areas”, and this thanks to the Roadmap adopted in April 2022 on the occasion of the visit of the President of the Spanish Government, Mr. Pedro Sanchez, to Morocco, at the invitation of HM King Mohammed VI, stressed, in an exclusive interview with MAP, Mr. Albares, who will pay a visit to Morocco on Wednesday and Thursday, the first to a foreign country since the start of the new legislature in Spain.
”This partnership between the two countries is reflected above all by the trust that we have in each other as strategic partners with very high-level political relations and human relations that are increasingly being woven”, noted the head of Spanish diplomacy, assuring that ”these fundamentals have made relations between Morocco and Spain one of the densest and richest that can exist in the world”.
Morocco is “the first priority of Spanish foreign policy. With Morocco, we really have a partnership of choice, a win-win partnership,” said Mr. Albares, adding that “all the measures we undertake together are beneficial for both countries.”
Therefore, the cooperation between Rabat and Madrid in the fight against human trafficking mafias and the fight against terrorism is an example for other countries, noted Mr. Albares, who welcomed the continued development of trade relations and the ongoing political dialogue between the two countries.
“Our trade has literally taken off. But the most important thing is that we have strengthened political and human relations more than ever in previous years. These are the foundations on which we are building this strategic partnership relationship today,” said Mr. Albares.
In this context, the head of Spanish diplomacy drew up a “very positive” assessment of the Roadmap between Morocco and Spain adopted in April 2022.
“The results of the roadmap are obviously very positive. We have strengthened the strategic partnership. The friendly relations between our two countries have reached a historic level, which is reflected in several areas,” he noted.
In economic matters, Mr. Albares said, trade between the two countries reached 20 billion euros, recalling that Spain is Morocco’s first customer and supplier, while the Kingdom is Spain’s third largest trading partner outside the EU, surpassed only by the United States and the United Kingdom.
The other aspect of Moroccan-Spanish cooperation concerns security and judicial cooperation to fight against mafias active in human trafficking and terrorism, which constitutes an example for other countries and which has also been consolidated by this new roadmap, stressed the head of Spanish diplomacy.
Furthermore, “the human ties uniting the two countries have been strengthened,” he noted, noting that “more than a million Moroccans live in perfect integration in our country and contribute to the prosperity of Spain.”
2024-07-24 06:35:16