Moroccan-Spanish high joint commission to meet in Madrid on Wednesday

The Moroccan-Spanish high joint commission will convene on Wednesday and Thursday in Madrid under the co-chairmanship of the two countries' prime ministers, Abderrahmane Youssoufi and Jose Maria Aznar.

The two-day summit meeting will discuss various aspects of bilateral relations, the issues of fisheries and indebtedness, Morocco's relations with the European Union and the situation in the Mediterranean region.

Youssoufi, who will be accompanied by a large ministerial delegation, businessmen and representatives of the civil society will be received by King Juan Carlos of Spain. He will also meet the leaders of Spanish political parties and representatives of the Moroccan community settled in the European country.

The Moroccan-Spanish summit meetings, held once a year alternately in Rabat and Madrid, had been instituted by the treaty of friendship, cooperation and neighborliness signed by the two countries in 1991.

The goal of these regular meetings is to follow-up on the implementation of partnership projects and enhance dialogue, entente and cooperation between the two Mediterranean countries.

Spain is Morocco's 2nd trade partner and supplier after France. Morocco's imports from Spain are mainly made up of semi-finished products, equipment and consumption goods and energy products while exports consist of food products, crude minerals, semi-finished and consumption products.