King Mohammed renews resolve to preserve neighborliness relations with Spain

Morocco's King Mohammed VI has renewed in a message of congratulations to King Juan Carlos I of Spain on the occasion of his birthday resolve to preserve the relations of neighborliness and exemplary cooperation binding Morocco and Spain.

King Mohammed VI who extended the Spanish sovereign and Queen Sofia warmest congratulations and best wishes for good health and well-being and who wished the royal family more joy and happiness, stated further "I avail myself of this opportunity to renew my pride at the ancestral relations of friendship and mutual consideration that are binding us as well as our two royal families and to reiterate the common will spurring us to preserve the relations of neighborliness and exemplary cooperation between our two countries, which have for ever constituted an open bridge between Europe and Africa, and a link between the two continents' civilizations, in addition to their being a strong support to peace and cooperation in the Mediterranean."

The sovereign prayed for the Almighty's help "to carry on the joint action for the consolidation of entente and understanding for the good of our two countries and our two friendly people."