His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God grant him victory, chaired the meeting, accompanied by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, His Royal Highness Princess Lalla Khadija, Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem and the French President, His Excellency Mr. Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Brigitte Macron, held, this Monday evening, at the Palais des Invites in Rabat, the signing ceremony of several agreements between the Kingdom of Morocco and the French Republic.
The tenth agreement was signed by Mr. Abdel-Wafi Laftit and his French counterpart, Bruno Retilio, and concerns a declaration of intent aimed at strengthening cooperation in the field of fighting fires in natural areas.
Under the terms of this agreement, the two signatories declare their intention to develop and intensify their bilateral cooperation in the field of the use of aerial means to fight fires in natural areas.
The eleventh agreement was signed by the Minister of Equipment and Water, Mr. Nizar Barka, and the Director General of the French Development Agency (AFD), Mr. Rémy Rioux, and concerns a declaration between the Moroccan National Ports Agency and the French Ports Agency. Development Agency, through which the two parties agree to formulate a new support program for the National Ports Agency, It is based on four main axes: the green transformation of ports, improving resilience to climate change, blue economy and innovation which covers the entire national territory. , including the southern provinces (Dakhla and Laayoune). To this end, the French Development Agency is committed to mobilizing a loan of 100 million euros.
As for the twelfth agreement, it is a memorandum of understanding in the field of water, signed by the Minister of Equipment and Water, Mr. Nizar Baraka, the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Economy and Finance in charge of the budget, Mr. Fawzi Lakjaa, and the French Secretary of State to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs in charge of La Francophonie and International Partnerships, Thani Mohamed Souilihi, and the Director General from the French Development Agency, Mr. Rémy Rioux.
As part of this agreement, the two parties plan to develop a new support program for the National Water Strategy, which could be structured around budgetary support with the aim of strengthening integrated resource management. in water, while the French Development Agency undertakes to take over. necessary measures to mobilize a financial envelope of 100 million euros for this program.
