The autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla have successfully concluded this Friday the test for the commercial opening of customs with Morocco, which is a first step for Spain and the Alaouite kingdom to have a customs office in the first, for the first time, and that the second, closed since 2018, be reopened, as reported by the Spanish Foreign Ministry a few days before the Spanish-Moroccan summit to be held in Rabat next week.
With the proof of commercial exchange through both customs, an important milestone of the roadmap that Spain and Morocco sealed on April 7, 2022 is met and the upcoming opening of Ceuta customs is particularly significant, since it represents something unprecedented. to date and a milestone in the relationship between the two countries, stresses the ministry.
Foreign Affairs explains in a statement that today's is a first commercial expedition that, on an experimental basis, will allow the response capacity of the two countries to be verified on the ground. This will make it possible to gradually and gradually adapt to a new normality that Spain and Morocco want to achieve as soon as possible.
The high-level meeting to be held in Rabat, on February 1 and 2, will be the moment to present the results of today's pilot test, from which a calendar will be designed that allows trade between the two countries. with all the guarantees.
Today's tests will indicate the needs in terms of infrastructure, for the implementation of controls and for the deployment of the necessary personnel with which to respond to the users of this customs office that is beginning to be developed today.
