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Morocco Does Not Want Re-Opening Fishing Negotiations With EUff

2 January 2003 Morocco
The Moroccan Minister of Fishery, Mohamed Tayeb Rhafès, has ruled out the signing of a new fishing agreement with the European Union for the time being.

Morocco’s offer of its fishing waters to Spain, after the oil tanker “Prestige” catastrophe,  does not imply that the negotiations with the EU will be re-opened.

During a recent interview with the press Rhafés explained that Rabat’s gesture towards Spain “is an exceptional measure with no relation to any new negotiations with the European Union".  In this sense, the minister expressed his conviction that the offer of Moroccan fishing waters "will have positive effects in the Hispanic-Moroccan relation”, that has been marked by a tense climate these past few months and which is not helpful to the interests of both countries". 
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