Morocco/EU: Catherine Ashton sum bee government reforms

The Morocco is called by his supporters, IMF and WB and their first trading partner of the European Union, to the rapid social and economic reforms.

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The EU sum bee quickly reform Cabinet. A temporary injunction has yesterday in Brussels, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and security policy, Catherine Ashton, his Moroccan counterpart Saad dine El OTMANI. At the end of these talks, British diplomat released a statement in which she asked at the "Moroccan Government quickly in implementing the reforms move forward, that he engaged in the following areas: parity between men and women, justice, economy and media of communication". The Kingdom is within the framework of the action plan (2013-2017) the European neighbourhood policy upgrade of these sites it initiate needed. Mrs Ashton has promised that "The EU to support the reform process in the Morocco continue to" through the help of the European neighbourhood policy and other European financing instruments.

After cease and desist letters, praise

If reference against which the Morocco received on the part of the British Catherine Ashton, he had to praise properly. The head of European diplomacy described Rabat of "Key partner" in the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. In this context, they welcomed the "constructive" stance and its efforts on the international stage, solutions for the instability in the region of the Sahel, and in Syria, as prevailing also its contribution with regard to the reconstruction of the Mali. Mrs Ashton refers to the gift of $5 million, which agreed the Morocco to grant, 15 may the authorities in Bamako during the donor conference in Brussels instead.

Fisheries agreements: Clause of respect for the rights of the people in the Sahara

The supporters of the Frente POLISARIO in the European Parliament have sent on the eve of the visit of the Foreign Minister in Brussels, that a written request to Catherine Ashton on they allowed fishing between the EU and the Kingdom. In response, the British noticed that the European Commission decision of the European Parliament on the future of the fisheries agreement with Morocco Protocol "negotiate a new Protocol with the Morocco, taking into account".

Mrs Ashton has pointed out that the European Commission wants "an agreement for a clause, human rights and international law, as well as guarantees respects the interests of the affected population. In his response to the Group of Western Sahara in the European Parliament Ashton reiterated its request to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and his Personal Envoy to the Western Sahara "work", a sustainable political solution, which the Saharan people their right to self-determination in accordance with the resolutions of the UN Security Council allow for exercise.