Heba Press – Rabat
A well-informed source from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans residing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the latter, in continuous coordination with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Beirut, is continually mobilized in the service of Moroccan community in Lebanon. and provide them with all necessary means of protection and assistance.
The same source indicated that the ministry is closely and continuously monitoring the evolution of the situation, with the aim of activating scenarios guaranteeing the safety and security of the Moroccan community residing in Lebanon.
The newspaper’s source stressed that the ministry attaches the greatest importance to the issue of monitoring the situation of the Moroccan community in areas of conflict, unrest and disasters, by creating a crisis unit within its organizational structure. permanent which is activated when the need arises. because this cell contributed effectively during previous crises.
In the context of current events in Lebanon, adds the same source, the ministry worked to immediately activate the Crisis Unit to monitor 24 hours a day the situation of the Moroccan community residing in Lebanon, interact with the evolution of the situation and take the necessary measures. necessary measures towards them, noting that the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Lebanon, under the direction of the Ministry, has established a similar crisis unit aimed at maintaining direct contact with members of the Moroccan community, receiving their communications, to watch. , and guide them in ways that ensure their safety and security.
The same source stressed that the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Beirut is in permanent contact with the overwhelming majority of members of the Moroccan community residing in Lebanon and has contact details for them in order to monitor their condition, with a few exceptions for these. whose whereabouts are unknown and who most likely left Lebanon before the situation became tense, or they left it permanently years ago to settle in other countries, stressing that a A significant number of our citizens left Lebanon with their families during the period. period before the outbreak of current events and immediately after repeated warnings and calls for the need to leave.
The same source adds that the Moroccan community was not targeted by the attack, adding that thanks to its integration into Lebanese society, the spirit of family solidarity contributes to mitigating some of the consequences of the events.
In the Beirut region, where the embassy is based, the diplomatic mission, in coordination with the competent Lebanese authorities, followed the issue of facilitating accommodation for members of the Moroccan community, as at the level of other Lebanese regions. Similar points of contact were created with the Central Emergency Committee, which monitors the issue of accommodation of displaced persons, in order to coordinate with it the facilitation of the admission of Moroccan citizens to accommodation centers, according to the same source, emphasizing that the tracing cells of the ministry and the diplomatic mission in Beirut are now focusing on the study and development of all possible scenarios depending on the evolution of events.
