Rabat – Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Füle is expected on Wednesday in Rabat for an official visit to the Kingdom during which he will examine cooperation prospects with Moroccan officials, a statement of the delegation of the European Commission to Rabat said in a statement.
During his two-day visit, the European Commissioner will meet several cabinet members, Parliament Speakers and civil society leaders, the statement said.
Fule will also sign two financing agreements in the framework of the Neighbourhood Investment Facility, the same source said, noting that the first agreement concerns the Ouarzazate Solar Power Plant for a total of € 30 million of EU funding while the second agreement relates to the Drinking Water Efficiency Programme for a total of € 7 million of EU funding.
Talks with Moroccan officials will focus on EU-Morocco relations, such as the agreement of the liberalization of trade in agricultural products that is pending at the European Parliament, the preparations of a new Action Plan of the “advanced status”, the preparation of negotiations on a deep and comprehensive free trade area, the negotiations on liberalisation of trade in services, and the dialogue on a mobility partnership, the statement goes on to say.
“Morocco is a key partner of the European Union in the Mediterranean. It is undertaking substantial political and economic reforms that we see very positively,” Commissioner Füle said before leaving Brussels.
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