Spain and Morocco Agree to Boost Economic Ties and Combat Trafficking

11 May 2022 – byPrince@Bladi · 1 min read

The Spanish and Moroccan Foreign Ministers held their first bilateral meeting since the outbreak of the crisis. The two officials agreed to establish "a trade model based on regularity, transparency and international standards, beneficial for both countries".

José Manuel Albares and Nasser Bourita finally met, after several missed appointments. The Spanish Foreign Minister told Europa Press that the two parties agreed to "strengthen human and economic ties, fight human trafficking and organized crime". And that’s it.

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The reopening of the borders of Ceuta and Melilla was not addressed during this meeting. José Manuel Albares simply indicated in this regard that the two countries will "continue to make progress in the normalization of the passage of goods and people through customs", specifying that the reopening will be done "in consultation with Morocco".

Albares added that he and his Moroccan counterpart reaffirmed the commitment of their countries to establish "a trade model based on regularity, transparency and international standards, and beneficial for both countries".

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