The President of the Moroccan Government, Aziz Akhannouchthanked his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sanchezthe “courage” of the Spanish Executive to support the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara and he has defended that this has opened the door to redirect relations after the latest diplomatic crisis. It has been in the prelude to the High Level Meeting (RAN), which is being held this Thursday in Rabat. Sánchez and Akhannouch have closed this Wednesday a business forum organized by the employers of both countries. The two leaders have spared no adjectives and have defined the relationship between the two countries “exemplary” and “solid”.
During his speech, akhannouch He has defended that “bilateral relations are experiencing a new stage within the framework of the support” of the Spanish government “for the Moroccan autonomy plan (for Western Sahara) under Moroccan sovereignty”. “Spain has had courage and historical realism and it is something that we highly praise,” she added. a phrase that has received the applause of the nearly 200 attendees of the event.
The Moroccan president has defended that after the “misunderstood” between both countries (in reference to the diplomatic crisis), both governments have redirected the relationship. “We have learned that together we are stronger.” In addition to praising the anti-terrorist and commercial cooperation, Akhannouch has defended that “Morocco is making a great effort to stop the migration“.
a new stage
The Spanish president has stated that in this RAN they will have the opportunity to “deepen” in the bilateral relationship between Madrid and Rabat. In addition, he has defended that his objective is “to open a new stage to develop the potential offered by the bilateral relationship on renewed bases of trust, respect and mutual understanding.”
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Sánchez landed this Wednesday afternoon in Rabat to participate in the RAN. Twelve Spanish ministers will also participate in the summit and will meet with their Moroccan counterparts this Thursday. In total they are going to sign 24 agreements that range from incentives for commercial exchanges to migratory cooperation or implementing Spanish in education in the Alaouite country.
The Spanish Government has defended that it is a “historic” meeting because never before have so many ministers participated nor have so many agreements been signed. Rabat and Madrid are going to resume this summit eight years after the last high-level meeting.