The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs assured, Monday in the Senate, that his objective is to work with “calm and serenity” to “consolidate and make irreversible” the roadmap of the new relationship with Morocco. During his speech before the committee responsible for reporting on the main lines of action of the Senate’s foreign policy, José Manuel Albares returned to the commercial customs of Ceuta and Melilla with Morocco, recalling “the agreed timetable”, which already included a second test carried out on February 24.
This second test is the result of “discreet and patient diplomatic work”, he explained. The official recalled that the aim was “to avoid scenes from the past and to consolidate a 21st century border” between two neighboring countries which “must have the best neighborly relations”.
The head of Spanish diplomacy also recalled that the rotating presidency of the European Union held by Spain this year will end with a Euro-Mediterranean summit, in order to establish a genuine Mediterranean partnership and the construction of common interests”, such as migration, energy and food security. For the minister, “it is very important” that the policy towards Morocco be a state policy. “It is almost a law to have the best possible relations with the countries with which we have common borders,” he concluded.
