Mohamed VI will not receive Sánchez and summons him to an upcoming official visit to Rabat

Both have spoken by phone and have agreed to "continue promoting" the bilateral relationship

RABAT, 1 (From the special envoy of EUROPA PRESS, Leyre Guijo)

King Mohamed VI will not finally receive the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, during his visit to Rabat this Wednesday and Thursday for the bilateral summit, but rather has summoned him for an upcoming official visit.

Sánchez had a telephone conversation with the Alaouite monarch before heading to Rabat during which he accepted his invitation to "make an official visit soon" to Rabat, the government specified in a statement.

The Government had not wanted to confirm at any time the meeting with Mohamed VI, claiming that it was the Alaouite Royal House that had to announce it if it took place and that the objective of the trip was the High Level Meeting (RAN), in which The Moroccan Executive, headed by its Prime Minister, Aziz Ajanuch, participates.

The two already met on April 7 precisely as a result of a telephone conversation they had on March 31, two weeks after the letter in which Sánchez conveyed to the Alaouite king that Spain considered the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara as " the most serious, credible and realistic basis" to resolve the dispute.

So, the king not only received the President of the Government but also invited him, together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, and the Spanish ambassador in Rabat, Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner, to the 'iftar', the dinner with which the Muslims break the fast, along with the crown prince, Mulay Hassan, and the monarch's brother, Mulay Rachid.

A joint declaration emerged from that meeting that has served as a 'road map' for the relationship in recent months, allowing cooperation to be strengthened in areas such as immigration or improving trade data, among others, and the results of which will be analyzed at the summit this Wednesday and Thursday.

Precisely, the High Level Meeting (RAN) this Thursday, the first since 2015, has been the subject of the conversation held this Wednesday between the two, in which they have agreed to "continue promoting the bilateral relationship".

In this sense, according to Moncloa, the two have agreed that the summit "will be a success" and will contribute to "consolidate the new stage in relations between Morocco and Spain."