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Egypt and Turkey are working to develop a “high level” Strategic Cooperation Council, with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan working to draft a legal framework, according to a statement released on Saturday. Both states are also cooperating on boosting trade, eyeing exchanges worth USD 15 bn, Shoukry said in the statement.
Morocco is set to open customs at Ceuta and Melilla,but has so far not set a date, Spain’s Ceuta Actualidad reported on Wednesday, citing statements by Morocco’s ambassador to Spain, Karima Benyaich. The delay in opening the border crossings is attributed to “technical problems,” Benyaich said, stressing that an agreement inked with Spain in April 2022 to reopen the crossings will be respected.
Background: Morocco suspended customs operations with the Spanish enclave cities of Ceuta and Melilla in 2018, in a bid to crack down on contraband, Morocco World News explained.
OTHER DIPLO STORIES WORTH KNOWING THIS MORNING-
- Qatar + Libya expand air relations: Qatar and Libya have inked an updated air services agreement as well as a bilateral MoU, allowing the two countries’ national carriers to operate an unlimited number of weekly passenger and cargo flights per week. (Statement)
