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Hibapress
The strategic role of Morocco as a catalyst of development in Development in Africa was put forward during the ministerial meeting of the forum on Sino-African cooperation (FOCAC), held on June 11 in Changsha, followed the next day by the inauguration of the 4th Sino-African economic and commercial exhibition.
The Moroccan delegation, led by Omar Kadiri, Director of Asian Affairs and Oceania to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and including in particular the Morocco ambassador to China, Abdelkader El Ansari, underlined the constant commitment of the Kingdom in favor of pragmatic, united and based cooperation based on a win-win partnership with China and African countries.
During its intervention, the delegation reaffirmed the priority given by Morocco to South-South partnerships and to African cooperation based on shared development, regional integration and active solidarity. In particular, it has highlighted several structuring initiatives carried by the kingdom, including:
The initiative in favor of access to the Sahel countries at the Atlantica strategic project to open up this region, strengthen its trade and support its economic integration. Africa-Atlantic gas pipelinepresented as a generational initiative, a symbol of continental energy integration, having a lasting impact on African economies and on the energy sovereignty of the continent. The process of Atlantic African Stateswhich works to make the South Atlantic a space of peace, stability and shared prosperity.
Morocco has also taken this opportunity to reaffirm its attachment to international legitimacy, by emphasizing the importance of reserving participation in these events in the United Nations African States only recognized by the international community.
Morocco’s participation in this edition of Focac, which marks the 25th anniversary of the forum, once again illustrates the coherence of its African policy. It reflects its desire to actively contribute to the diversification of continent’s partnerships, by supporting models of triangular and multidimensional cooperation, carriers of sustainable growth.
