Recalls the UfM's commitment to support the establishment of a deepened free trade area in the Euro-Mediterranean region and enhanced regional and sub-regional economic integration; considers that the establishment of a free trade area on the southern shore of the Mediterranean and between the North and the South will lead to
stronger links and increased trade and investment amongst the partner countries, thus helping to bridge the North-South divide; calls, therefore, for the Agadir Agreement to be implemented properly and extended to all eligible Mediterranean partners; stresses the importance of increasing complementarity between No
rth-South ...[+++]bilateral cooperation and multilateral Euro-Mediterranean cooperation;