Press Release: Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton following her meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Dr Saad-eddine El Othmani

Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission on 6 June 2013 met Moroccan Foreign Minister
Dr Saad-eddine El Othmani.

She welcomed the positive steps taken in recent months to intensify the existing cooperation still further, in particular through the agreement of an EU-Morocco Action Plan 2013-2017; the first round of negotiations for a Deep & Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA); and the political declaration for a Mobility Partnership.

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