Moroccan, French diplomacies to Embody Spirit of Reinforced Exceptional partnership – MFA Bourita.
French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron had made a historic State go to to the Kingdom of Morocco between twenty eighth and thirtieth October 2024.
The go to’s key level got here on the Rabat Royal Palace on Monday, the place Macron and King Mohammed VI signed 22 agreements overlaying a variety of sectors, together with meals safety, vitality, and railway.
Worth €10 billion, the agreements signed between the 2 nations intention to bolster their bilateral ties for years to come back, the Royal palace stated in an announcement.
Another spotlight of Macron’s was his historic speech on Tuesday to each homes of the Moroccan parliament, the place the French President reaffirmed help for Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its southern provinces.
In his speech, Macron renewed France’s steadfast help for Morocco’s territorial integrity, saying that “For France, the present and future of this territory lie within the framework of Moroccan sovereignty. Autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the framework within which this question must be resolved”.
(MFA Bourita together with his French counterpart)
President Macron additionally pledged, within the title of France, to “accompany Morocco in international fora,” stressing that “the 2007 autonomy plan is the only basis for achieving a just, lasting and negotiated political solution in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.”
Speaking at a press briefing following his talks with Mr. Jean-Noël Barrot, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Mr. Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates,famous that the diplomacies of the 2 nations will be sure that this frame of mind, which prevailed within the exchanges between HM King Mohammed VI and the French President, H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron, can also be mirrored each day in bilateral relations, in addition to on the degree of regional, worldwide and multilateral our bodies.
For Bourita, it is a new part and a brand new stage for this deep and wealthy relationship, within the wake of this new period opened on Monday by His Majesty the King and the French President.
The Declaration on the “Reinforced Exceptional Partnership” between Morocco and France, signed by HM King Mohammed VI and President Emmanuel Macron, defines the ideas that may information this new stage and units out the governance and key sectors of this partnership, along with the territorial scope of utility, he stated.
This Declaration may also information “our action in the future”, he added, noting that regardless of the distinction in diplomatic tradition, Morocco and France, which share the identical objectives of stability and growth, will, because of this new partnership, strengthen the mechanisms of session and coordination.
Regarding the Moroccan Sahara, Bourita careworn that, as a part of the impetus given to the nationwide trigger by HM King Mohammed VI, Morocco’s official map together with its Sahara was printed on Tuesday on the official web site of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, noting the enlargement of the French consular district to cowl the southern provinces of the Kingdom.
“France, through its role within the Security Council and its knowledge of the genesis and evolution of this conflict, has an important role to play in this context,” he concluded.
For his half, the French Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, stated that His Majesty King Mohammed VI and the French President, H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron, have laid the foundations for a “genuine overhaul of the strategic partnership” between the 2 nations.
“This is the aspiration of the Declaration signed by the two Heads of State on Monday, to build and implement a reinforced exceptional partnership in all areas, with three major goals”, stated Barrot. These three objectives are political convergence within the face of main modern challenges, the deepening of financial partnership, significantly in strategic sectors, and the strengthening of cooperation within the fields of human hyperlinks, human capital and tradition, he added.
The head of French diplomacy additionally careworn that the connection between Morocco and France “is rooted in a shared memory and a common heritage,” in human ties with some 700,000 Moroccans residing in France and practically 80,000 French nationals in Morocco, in addition to in financial ties, with France the main investor within the Kingdom, with over 1,000 subsidiaries of its firms contributing to just about 150,000 jobs, and Morocco the main African investor in France.
The French Minister additionally introduced that his countryintends to extend its consular and cultural presence within the Moroccan Sahara, with a view to create a French alliance.
“We are going to increase our consular and cultural presence there, in order to create a French alliance,” stated Barrot.
Mr. Jean-Noël Barrot additionally added that “Morocco’s map has been updated and put online on the website of the (French) Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs,”.
The French minister keenly said that his nation can be at Morocco’s facet “to promote a just and lasting political solution, of which the 2007 autonomy plan is the only basis.”
This important change in France’s place is ready by President Macron in opposition to a regional backdrop that should give precedence to cooperation and session. In this context, he defined that “this position is not hostile to anyone. It rather opens a new page between us, and with all those who wish to act within a framework of regional cooperation, in the Mediterranean, with Morocco’s neighboring countries and with the European Union.”
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