The EU is Morocco’s leading trade partner and the biggest foreign investor in the North African kingdom
Morocco, EU to remain fully mobilised to continue bilateral cooperation
A Joint Declaration by VP of the European Commission and Moroccan FM says the EU and Morocco will continue to work to develop the several dimensions of their strategic partnership following the decision of the EU’s general court to annul the bloc's approval of agriculture and fishing agreements that allow Morocco to exports goods from Western Sahara.
Wednesday 29/09/2021
The EU is Morocco’s leading trade partner and the biggest foreign investor in the North African kingdom
LUXEMBOURG - Morocco and the European Union (EU) on Wednesday underlined that they will remain fully mobilised to continue their bilateral cooperation and united to defend the legal certainty of their partnership agreements.
"We remain fully mobilised to continue cooperation between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, in a climate of serenity and commitment, in order to consolidate the Euro-Moroccan Shared Prosperity Partnership, launched in June 2019", says a Joint Declaration of the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita made public following the decision of the EU's general court regarding the agricultural and fisheries agreements with the North African Kingdom.
“We will continue to work to develop the several dimensions of this strategic partnership, in the same spirit of mobilization, coherence and solidarity. This equal partnership is based, moreover, on a solid bilateral relationship, built on trust and mutual respect, between the Kingdom of Morocco and the European Union, while at the same time contributing to the strengthening of this relationship and that with the Member States”, the Joint Declaration points out.
The two sides stressed that they have taken note of the judgments delivered today by the General Court of the European Union, regarding the decisions of the Council of the European Union relating to the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco regarding agricultural and other products and the Sustainable Fisheries Agreement.
The Joint Declaration stresses that the two partners will take "the necessary measures to ensure the legal certainty which would secure the continuation and stability of trade relations between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco".
The EU's general court on Wednesday annulled the 27-country bloc's approval of agriculture and fishing agreements that allow Morocco to exports goods from Western Sahara.
The ruling could damage the EU's relationship with Morocco, although the court said the effects of the 2019 agreements would be maintained over a certain period "to preserve the European Union’s external action and legal certainty over its international commitments."
The EU is Morocco’s leading trade partner and the biggest foreign investor in the North African kingdom, according to the 27-nation bloc.