To ensure that France and Spain do not encounter conflicts on a strategic level, President Thiers and Prime Minister Prim also agreed to sign the "Morocco Agreement" concerning African colonization after friendly consultations between the governments of both countries have reached a consensus.
The main purpose of this agreement is to avoid colonial conflicts in Africa between France and Spain. As long as Spain does not oppose France and maintains a neutral or pro-French stance in the Franco-German competition, the French will temporarily refrain from interfering in Moroccan colonization and support Spain's colonial activities in Morocco.
In other words, France is temporarily using Morocco to stabilize Spain by sacrificing its colonial ambitions in Morocco in the short term, in exchange for Spain's neutral or more friendly attitude in the Franco-German rivalry.
