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Spain is committed to further improving ties with Morocco, said the Spanish Foreign Minister, describing Morocco as a “key partner.” “Spain should have the best relations with a neighbor like Morocco. This is a rule of our foreign policy and state policy,” foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares told the Spanish Senate. “Morocco is a key […]
Amid a shortage of truck and bus drivers across Europe, Spain is looking to Morocco to hire 26,000 drivers who will be allowed to use their Moroccan driving permits. The recognition of Morocco’s driving licenses was signed during Sanchez visit to Rabat last year, sparing Moroccan truck and bus drivers a test which they had […]
Spain, which is one of Morocco’s key economic & political strategic partners, looks forward to the railway projects launched by the North African Kingdom to meet growing demand. “Morocco has just launched projects to develop its rail network and Spain is ready to contribute to these projects”, said Spanish Transport minister Oscar Puente Santiago following […]
Spain is mulling transferring the management of the airspace of the Sahara territory to Morocco, ending one of the last relics of Spanish colonial rule in the area. Spanish media El Confidentiel and OK Diario reported the news, citing that the decision entails Morocco opening customs with two Spanish-occupied enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Discussions […]
Spanish aeronautical group Aciturri is expanding its presence in Morocco through a new partnership announced Wednesday. Under the new partnership, Aciturri will establish a new manufacturing facility in Midparc, a Moroccan industrial development company, with an estimated investment of $2.4 million (25 million dirhams) planned for equipment in 2024. The agreement, signed in Casablanca in […]
Spain is planning to invest 45 billion euros in Morocco by 2050 in various projects, said Spanish Prime minister Pedro Sanchez at a press conference held Wednesday in Rabat at the end of his working visit to the North African Kingdom. “Spain is a key partner for Morocco with €45 billion investment planned by 2050”, […]
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez welcomed strengthened ties with Morocco at all levels and reiterated his country’s position in support of Morrocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara territory. Sanchez who is making his first visit to Morocco since his re-election recalled that Spain remains consistent in its policy towards the Sahara conflict in line with […]
President of the Spanish Government President Pedro Sánchez reiterated, on Wednesday from Rabat, his country’s position supporting the autonomy plan presented by Morocco in 2007, to resolve the artificial dispute over the Sahara. Speaking at a news conference held at the end of his working visit to the Kingdom, Sánchez reaffirmed the Spanish government’s position […]
King Mohammed VI received, this Wednesday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, the President of the Spanish Government Pedro Sánchez, who reitereated, during the audience, Spain’s support to Moroccan autonomy initiative as the most serious, realistic and credible basis to settle the Sahara dispute. Pedro Sanchez is currently on a working visit to Morocco at […]
King Mohammed VI hosted in Rabat on Wednesday a luncheon in honor of the President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, and his accompanying delegation that included Foreign Affairs Minister José Manuel Albares. Besides the Head of the Moroccan Government, Aziz Akhannouch, who presided over the luncheon, other members of the delegation accompanying Sánchez, Speaker […]