According to the Iberian press, in 2022 Morocco would have purchased military supplies and equipment from Spain worth 30 million euros.

It appears that Morocco and Spain are actively collaborating on military matters. A recent revelation in the Spanish press supports this. After Rabat and Madrid’s reconciliation, Vozpopuli reports that Spain sold the Kingdom weapons worth 30 million euros. The same source claims that starting in the first half of 2022, Pedro Sanchez’s administration would have granted four licenses for the export of dual-use defense goods to Morocco.

As reported by Spanish media, 1,181 licenses for the sale of arms have been approved, generating 4,192 million euros in revenue for the Spanish industry.

In fact, European nations continue to be Spain’s main export markets, according to statistics from the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Tourism. Along with Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Mali, Morocco is listed as one of the key clients of the Iberian neighbor outside of NATO and the EU. These nations, including Morocco, have purchased weapons made in Spain for a total of about 481.1 million euros.

NATO allies imported 671.7 million euros, accounting for 52% of Spanish exports. According to Spanish media, the main customers are France, the United Kingdom, and Turkey.

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Ryad Mezzour, the Moroccan Minister of Commerce and Industry, and Li Changlin, the Chinese ambassador in Rabat, signed a memorandum of agreement on “the creation of the Working Group on Trade Facilitation and Promotion,” according to Le360. On this occasion, the two parties highlighted the two nations good political relations, noting that this environment of understanding and partnership will support trade and industry development.

The Chinese ambassador to Morocco recently stated in an interview with Le360 that his country is interested in the construction of the High Speed Line (HSL) between Marrakech and Agadir. “China wants to win this market,” he stated, before adding that his country and its big banks are capable of providing “the funding required for the realization of this line at a favorable rate.”

“We have the necessary technology, skills, and funding to complete this project successfully. China and its companies, I repeat, are prepared to carry out this task “Li Changlin Added.

In terms of economic and trade relations, the ambassador stated that trade between Morocco and China had reached 6.5 billion dollars in 2021, “a record value never recorded in the history of economic and trade relations between the two nations.”

According to Li Changlin, the two countries are currently “are meeting with one another to develop another strategy for future collaboration. He stated, as an ambassador, “I am pretty positive about the prospects for Sino-Moroccan collaboration.

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A Spanish sea search and rescue agency, said on Sunday that they have sent a cooperation request to Morocco in order to spot a ship that was lost in the Mediterranean last Friday.

According to EFE, Salvamento Marítimo has been looking for this ship since Sunday after it had gone off radar on Friday and its track was lost 22 nautical miles south of the municipality of Adra, in Almeria.

The agency contacted Morocco so that a search could also be carried out in Moroccan ports and marinas.

A spokeswoman of Salvamento Marítimo told EFE that search operations are carried to try to find the missing ship.

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