Morocco, Ukraine sign minutes of discussions on fisheries partnership

Moroccan fisheries minister, Tayeb Rhafes chaired Friday the signature of a minutes of Moroccan-Ukrainian discussions over partnership in fisheries.

The minutes' signature followed a meeting on July 31 between an Ukrainian delegation and Moroccan fisheries officials that probed the modalities of a draft agreement on fisheries between the two countries.

Prior to the signature, Rhafes hailed the discussions as part of efforts to concrete links between the two countries.

The minister looked over with first deputy-chairman of the Ukrainian state department for fisheries, Volodymyr Bendarenko, the sectors that are likely to be part of bilateral cooperation, notably scientific research, training, shipyards and manufacturing.

According Rhafes, the materialization of this partnership will bring about the creation of joint companies via the reinforcement of relations between the two countries' private sectors. The minister also highlighted the role of the sector in economic development.