Madrid – Morocco is a “key strategic partner” for Spain, stressed the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, commending the “exemplary cooperation” between the two countries in all fields.
Speaking on Friday evening at a meeting organized by Nueva Economía Fórum, Spains’s top diplomat noted that for all his predecessors and all former heads of the Spanish government, Morocco is “the top priority of Spanish foreign policy.”
“I am also among those who believe that Morocco is a strategic partner and an absolute priority for Spanish foreign policy, and that the vital interests of both countries are intimately linked,” said Albares.
Time has shown that when the two countries work and cooperate together, they both benefit, added Albares before an audience of Spanish diplomats and politicians, welcoming the continuing development of economic ties between the two Kingdoms.
Highlighting the increase in trade between his country and Morocco over the past year, Alba
res recalled that the Kingdom is Spain’s third largest economic and trading partner outside the EU, after the United Kingdom and the United States.
The Minister also praised the “exemplary cooperation” between Rabat and Madrid in the fight against illegal immigration, human trafficking networks and terrorist groups.
Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse