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A significant delegation representing the three regions of the Kingdom's Southern Provinces, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Guelmim-Oued Noun, and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab, held a meeting in Paris on Tuesday with the Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF), dedicated to promoting investments.
This meeting, organized on the initiative of the Moroccan Embassy in Paris and the Movement of the Enterprises of France, aims to highlight business opportunities available in the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom, in order to implement French investment projects planned in these regions, which are part of the implementation of the agreements signed within the framework of the enhanced exceptional partnership between Morocco and France.
These projects cover a range of strategic sectors, such as logistics, renewable energies, tourism, industry, maritime fishing, and infrastructure aimed at supporting the rise of the regional development model in the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom.
This meeting, which falls within the framework of the best dynamics of Moroccan-French cooperation, in its economic aspect, reflects France's support for Morocco's sovereignty over its Sahara, and also constitutes a new stage in the process of transforming the Southern Provinces into a regional investment hub and a hub for sustainable growth in service of the African continent.
The Moroccan delegation, led by the Director of Local Public Facilities at the Ministry of Interior, Laila Hammouchi, in the presence of the Ambassador of the King to France, Samira Sitail, includes the President of the Guelmim-Oued Noun Regional Council, Mbarka Bouaida, who also chairs the Association of Regions of Morocco, the President of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab Regional Council, Ynja El Khatat, and a representative of the President of the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region, M'hamed Aba.
The delegation also includes the General Directors of the Regional Investment Centers in each of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region, Ahmed Kettir, the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region, Mohamed Jaaifar, and the Guelmim-Oued Noun region, Mohamed Assous.
Representing the Movement of the Enterprises of France at this meeting was the Vice-President of the Africa Committee and Coordinator of the "Sustainable City" program at the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Gérard Wolf, in the presence of a number of entrepreneurs active in strategic sectors in France.
During this meeting, representatives of the three regions of the Southern Provinces reviewed before the Movement of the Enterprises of France the opportunities offered by industrial and logistical zones, investment incentives, as well as the great progress made in these regions, especially with regard to improving connectivity, the business climate, and economic stability.
From the French side, this meeting was seen as a great opportunity to expand the presence of French companies in the regions of the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom, which are seen as strategic spaces for economic exchanges between Europe and Africa.
Following that, the Moroccan delegation held meetings with the Deputy Director General of the French Development Agency, Bertrand Walckenaer, and with representatives of the Ministry Delegate to the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs in charge of Foreign Trade and Attractiveness.
