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Portugal, Spain set to boost growth and cohesion in the border

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Lisbon (Portugal), Oct 9 (EFE), (Camera: Miguel Conceiçao).- Transforming the border into the "heart" of the Iberian Peninsula and benefiting more than 5 million people is the ambitious objective of the Common Strategy for Cross-border Development between Portugal and Spain, according to the Portuguese Minister for Territorial Cohesion Ana Abrunhosa.SOUNDBITES OF PORTUGUESE MINISTER OF TERRITORIAL COHESION ANA ABRUNHOSA DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH EFE:"If we went to Alto Minho, and on the other side of the border, (we will see) the border no longer exists. Every day, workers cross the border from one side to the other, when we go to Alto Minho we no longer distinguish Portuguese or Spanish companies. For the first time and this common strategy of cross-border development, this will happen along the entire border, from the country's north to south. It will make this border, which is one of the weakest in Europe contrary to what happens in all the borders since they are normally very dynamic territories, instead of being Portugal's interior (..) to become the centre of the Iberian Peninsula."

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