Canada: The Consulate General of Morocco in Montreal has a new headquarters
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
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The new premises of the Consulate General of Morocco in Montreal were inaugurated yesterday, Wednesday, during a ceremony held in the presence of several Moroccan and Canadian officials.
Combining modernity and tradition, this new headquarters offers the ideal framework to provide quality services to the Moroccan community and also constitutes a place of exchanges and meetings for the diaspora, underlined on this occasion the Consul General of Morocco in Montreal, Ms. Soreya Jabry.
Ms. Jabry recalled the High Concern with which His Majesty King Mohammed VI surrounds the Moroccan community abroad, recalling in this regard the High Instructions of the Sovereign for a restructuring of the institutional framework governing the affairs of Moroccans around the world.
This new impetus for institutional reorganization aims to better supervise, support and respond to the needs and expectations of Moroccans Residing Abroad (MRE), added the Consul General during this ceremony marked by the presence of the Canadian Federal Minister of Official Languages. and Associate Minister of Public Security, Rachel Bendayan, in addition to several elected officials, deputies and members of the diplomatic and consular corps accredited to Montreal.
It is also a question of implementing all the facilitations and simplifications of administrative and consular procedures for the benefit of MRE, affirmed Ms. Jabry, noting that the new headquarters of the consulate will make it possible to offer digitalized services thanks to a digitalization system of state-of-the-art data processing, thus considerably improving the quality of the services provided.
For his part, the Director of Consular and Social Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad Fouad Kadmiri reviewed the efforts aimed at strengthening consular action in Canada, notably with the opening in 2021 of the consulate general of the Kingdom in Toronto.
Mr. Kadmiri stressed that the new premises offer a pleasant welcoming environment with the aim of providing services that meet the expectations of Moroccans established in Canada.
For her part, Ms. Bendayan highlighted the dynamism of Moroccans established in Montreal, noting that this community actively participates in the economic and cultural life of the Canadian metropolis.
The minister, who did not hide her pride in her Moroccan origins, also highlighted the contribution of the Moroccan community to the vitality of the city of Montreal and the prosperity of Canada.
As for the deputy head of mission at the Moroccan embassy in Canada, Mohamed El Mahdi Gaouane, he highlighted Morocco’s unwavering commitment to its citizens residing abroad as well as the strength of the ties maintained by Moroccans in World with their country of origin.
Mr. Gaouane also underlined the importance of the institutional restructuring of the bodies responsible for MRE affairs in order to better meet the needs of this community.
The new headquarters of the consulate in Montreal, which reflects the richness and authenticity of the Culture of the Kingdom through in particular the singular geometric shapes of Moroccan Zellige, has welcoming and functional premises and is equipped with the latest technologies to offer services to the meets the expectations of Moroccans residing in Canada.
