The Government says that the summit has been a success and attacks the PP for "ignoring" Morocco

MADRID, 2 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, celebrated this Thursday that the High Level Meeting (RAN) with Morocco has been a success, while claiming "the record number" of agreements that have been signed between both countries, and has criticized the PP for "ignoring" the African country. "He is incapacitated to govern," he has assured.

In an interview on TVE, collected by Europa Press, the minister has defended that the conclusions of the summit are after "many months of joint work" and, after eight years without being held, it is the RAN "that has had the most concrete results". with "some twenty agreements" and a final declaration on customs in Ceuta and Melilla "that creates a new stage".

Albares has highlighted, in this context, that a "road map" has been achieved with "a new dynamic and will" that is "mutually beneficial" in important sectors such as the economy, migration management or also education and culture. "Morocco is essential for Spain", he indicated.

Questioned by the words of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, who assured that Spain and Morocco have committed themselves within the framework of the new relationship they have entered into to avoid anything that could offend the "spheres of sovereignty" of the other, the minister has clarified that this phrase "means that we have to avoid everything that is mutually offensive in our language" and look for a "mutual benefit" so that there are no "unilateral actions". "There is no need to look for more things in that sentence," he said.

Asked about customs, Albares has defended that its reopening is being and will be "gradual and orderly", recalling that they opened on January 27 in Ceuta in a pilot test, for which he has advocated "not talking about dates" for " ordering and security reasons.

Regarding the non-attendance of Mohamed VI, Albares has defended that "never in a democracy" has a head of the Executive had "so many conversations" with a King of Morocco and has recalled that he has a "personal invitation", so the good relationship between Sánchez and the monarch "is beyond any doubt". "He is judged by the results of the summit, not by acts of protocol", he has sentenced, stressing at the same time that the Moroccan king has been pending the development of the RAN.

Finally, the head of Foreign Affairs has charged against PP leaders for calling it "ridiculous" that Mohamed VI does not personally attend to Sánchez, which shows, in his opinion, that "he is incapable of governing Spain" because those of Feijóo " They ignore the relationship with Morocco", which is "the number one priority for Ceuta, Melilla, the Canary Islands and Andalusia". "The PP does not know what it is talking about", he has settled.