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In an interview with MAP on the eve of his go to to Morocco to participate in SIAM, Mr. Planas indicated that this 12 months’s participation of Spain takes on a really particular character as a result of it confirms the distinguished degree of relations between cooperation uniting the 2 neighboring international locations in numerous areas.
This remark, he famous, was reaffirmed by the Head of the Spanish Authorities, Pedro Sanchez, final week earlier than Parliament, stressing that cooperation relations with Morocco are, certainly, at their greatest degree. throughout these final many years.
“The conferences that I’ll maintain, on this event, with my Moroccan counterpart, Mohammed Sadiki, are a part of this dynamic that the cooperative relations between the 2 international locations are experiencing and replicate the widespread will of Morocco and the “Spain to develop them additional, significantly within the subject of agri-food”, added the minister.
Mr. Planas famous on this regard that SIAM can even deliver collectively ministers of agriculture from international locations on each shores of the Mediterranean to debate topics of nice significance similar to analysis and improvement, local weather change, innovation and the usage of new applied sciences within the agricultural sector, in addition to the resilience and sustainability of agricultural programs.
Likewise, SIAM additionally gives the chance for international locations within the Mediterranean basin to replicate on the widespread issues and challenges they face, similar to local weather change, the combat in opposition to new ailments, each animal and plant, and to have a look at methods to handle them, he defined.
He additionally assured that cooperation between Rabat and Madrid is continually growing as evidenced by the very important enhance in commerce which has elevated by 40% during the last 5 years, thus permitting Spain to rise to the rank of Morocco’s first buying and selling companion.
The Spanish minister additionally reported the exceptional improvement of agri-food commerce, exports from Spain to Morocco having reached 1.155 billion euros, a determine which has greater than doubled during the last 4 years, which clearly displays the extent progress on this space, he welcomed.
Spanish exports have elevated at a sustained tempo thanks, on the one hand, to the development within the competitiveness of Spanish merchandise and, however, to the method of opening up the nation and its place as a vacation spot for alternative for overseas investments, he stated.
In 2023, Spanish exports of agri-food and seafood merchandise to Morocco represent 1.6% of complete Spanish exports, whereas these from Morocco to Spain symbolize 3.9% of Spanish imports, he stated. supported.
He additionally famous that Spain could be very current in Morocco when it comes to investments, as evidenced by the participation of 35 Iberian firms in SIAM 2024.
“We’re Morocco’s main buying and selling companion and we will additional enhance our commerce and investments by investing in revolutionary agricultural tasks by way of a extra clever use of sources, significantly water,” he concluded. .
2024-06-15 04:18:43