HIBAPRESS – W.A.M
The President of the Council of Advisors, Mohamed Ould Errachid, held a series of bilateral discussions with a number of Senate presidents, on the sidelines of the work of the Association of Senates in Africa, which was hosted by the Council in Rabat.
A statement from the Council of Advisors stated that these meetings included, in particular, the President of the Senate of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Kandia Kamissoko Camara, the Acting President of the Senate of the Republic of Liberia, Nyounblee Kangar-Lawrence, the President of the Senate of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Teresa Efua Asangono, and the President of the Senate of the Republic of Gabon, Huguette Ione Ngoma-Ekome, in addition to the President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Eswatini, Lindiwe T. Dlamini. These discussions also included the President of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament, Rolando Patricio González. According to the same source, these meetings focused on ways to enhance bilateral and multilateral parliamentary cooperation, intensify coordination and consultation on issues of common interest, as well as exchange experiences in the fields of legislation and oversight, and activate the role of parliamentary friendship groups in a way that contributes to supporting development paths. These discussions also provided an opportunity to emphasize the importance of parliamentary diplomacy in consolidating South-South cooperation relations, strengthening African parliamentary work, and expanding areas of partnership with regional parliamentary spaces. During these meetings, the level of bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and these countries and parliamentary bodies was also noted, and the joint will to upgrade them to multi-dimensional strategic partnerships was affirmed. According to the same source, these meetings fall “within the framework of the dynamism witnessed by the opening of the Council of Advisors to its African and international environment, which enhances its presence within the continental and international parliamentary spaces and contributes to consolidating joint parliamentary work.”
