Madrid, January 13, 2012 (MAP)
Madrid, January 13, 2012 (MAP)
Spanish government wants to strengthen its cooperation with Morocco, said on Friday a senior official source in Madrid.
Through the upcoming official visit that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will pay to Morocco, the Spanish government wants to strengthen good-neighbourly relations with Morocco, said Deputy Premiere and government spokesperson Soraya Saenz de Santamaria.
In an interview with Spanish news agency “EFE,” Rajoy said on Tuesday his first official trip abroad will be in Morocco, a country he will visit “in a relatively short time.” He said his cabinet is already in contact with the new Moroccan government to agree on a suitable date which fits both parties’ agendas.
Soraya Saenz de Santamaria also voiced, during a press conference after the Spanish cabinet meeting, the desire of Rajoy’s government to boost cooperation with Morocco in key areas
The decision of Rajoy to pay his first official visit abroad in Morocco meets a tradition maintained by his predecessors once arrived at the Moncloa palace.
On January 3, HM King Mohammed VI received a phone call from the new Spanish Premier, in which the Sovereign and Rajoy highlighted the quality of the Moroccan-Spanish relations, based on centuries-old friendship of multi-sectoral partnership and good neighbourliness.
HM the King and Rajoy also expressed their will to deepen relations between the two kingdoms, both in the context of their distinguished bilateral strategic partnership as well as the privileged status linking Morocco to the European Union.
