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The Spanish and Canary Islands governments have postponed the technical meeting scheduled for this Monday to the second half of September. The meeting was intended to continue discussions on the co-management of the eight airports of general interest across the archipelago.
More time needed after Ceuta situation
According to the regional government, the delay is designed to give both administrations more time to bring to the table all the technical content that could not be addressed in recent weeks due to the situation unfolding in Ceuta.
Originally scheduled to attend were the Secretary of State for Territorial Policy, Myriam Álvarez Pérez, and the Secretary of State for Transport and Sustainable Mobility, José Antonio Santano, representing the Spanish government. From the archipelago’s side, the Councillor for the Presidency, Public Administrations, Justice and Security, Nieves Lady Barreto, and the Deputy Councillor for the Presidency, Alfonso Cabello, were due to take part.
Building on July agreements
Alfonso Cabello, speaking as spokesperson for the Canary Islands government after a Cabinet meeting held earlier this week, said the aim of the next meeting – now postponed until the second half of the month – is to build on the agreements reached during the gathering in early July. He also explained that both sides would analyse the draft documents they have been working on throughout the summer, with negotiations covering two distinct areas of airport management.
Non-general interest airports
On the one hand, the situation of airports not classified as being of general interest will be examined. Here, Cabello noted that significant progress had been made on the question of competences, although the precise scale of the human and technical resources needed for the Canary Islands to exercise those powers still had to be determined. In this regard, he said the Canary Islands government would attend the meeting with a specific cost breakdown detailing the profiles and resources required to develop competences at these airports.
General interest airports and bilateral body
On the other hand, he added that the management of airports considered to be of general interest would also be addressed. Cabello recalled that the Canary Islands and the Spanish government had agreed to create a bilateral airport body between the two administrations, and that the level of binding authority and the type of reports this new body would issue still needed to be defined.
On this point, the spokesperson stated that the Canary Islands government maintains its position that this body should have the capacity to issue binding reports on certain matters it considers vital for the autonomous community, such as those relating to investment.
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