Marruecos y España, ante una nueva etapa marcada por el acercamiento político y económico
Rabat and Madrid are facing a new horizon that is expected to be very fruitful for both countries. The High Level Meeting (HLM) held in the Moroccan capital earlier this month was the first step in a trend that is expected to continue to grow in the coming years. The historic relations between Morocco and Spain have taken a step forward and, as analysed in various forums held in Alawi territory, the political and economic rapprochement between the two countries is expected to grow.
Laayoune and Tetouan witnessed two forums in which experts from various fields discussed Spanish-Moroccan relations and their future projection. Laayoune hosted the "Media and Society Forum", organised by the Moroccan Federation of Newspaper Publishers (FMEJ). The presentation held under the theme of "the natural neighbourhood and the prospects for Moroccan-Spanish relations". The president of the FMEJ, Noureddine Miftah, expressed his optimism about the positive evolution of relations between the two countries and expressed his desire to hold the next edition on Spanish territory, as reported by MAP.
Moreover, the "unprecedented momentum" that ties are going through should facilitate dialogue to achieve common goals, according to Miftah. Another of the speakers, the journalist and writer Mohamed Seddik Maâninou, denounced the distortion of reality affecting the Kingdom, which some, such as Ignacio Ortiz, vice-president of the Canary Islands-Saharan Africa Forum, are fighting to counteract in order to "put an end to reports that do not reflect reality". For this reason, says Ortiz, "through the Canary-Saharawi Forum we contribute with press articles (...) in order to transmit it faithfully".
The symposium was also attended by the President of the Canary-Moroccan Cooperation Association, Rafael Esparza Machín, the Consul General of the Kingdom of Morocco in the Canary Islands, Fatiha El Kamouri, the Spanish journalist, Manuel Fernando Vidal, and the regional director of communication in Laayoune-Sakia Al Hamra, Fatima El amine. The latter stressed the mutual will of both countries to achieve "a higher level of commitment and sustainable bilateral cooperation".
The signing of the collaboration agreement between the section of the FMEJ in Laayoune-Sakia Al Hamra and the Moroccan-Canary Islands Cooperation Association was the culmination of a meeting marked by the presence of the governor of Laayoune, Abdeslam Bekrate. This was framed in the areas of "cultural and social cooperation", as well as the "exchange of knowledge". This idea is in line with the forum held in the city of Tetouan under the title "The media construction of the new stage in relations between Morocco and Spain".
The event was attended by the former Moroccan Minister of Justice, Mohamed Benabdelkader, as well as the President of the Abdelmalek Essaadi University and the Director of the Higher School of Teachers in Tetouan. They were joined by experts on relations between Morocco and Spain, such as Ana María Almantha Martini, Ibrahim Al Khatib, Mohamed Bukhzar, Javier Fernández Arribas and Abderrahman Fathi. The event, held at the Ar-Rami Pedagogical Complex of the Teachers' College, addressed the issue of communication in relations between Morocco and Spain
