« I commend the efforts of His Majesty the King to promote social protection in the Kingdom, » said Banga in a statement to the press following the audience granted by the Sovereign to the president of the World Bank and the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, on Friday.
Banga said he was very honored by this Royal audience, expressing his appreciation of the warm hospitality reserved by Morocco for participants in the Annual Meetings of the WB Group and the IMF being held from October 9 to 15 in Marrakech.
He took the opportunity to reiterate the World Bank’s support for Morocco in this post-quake period.
HM King Mohammed VI presided over the opening of the first session of the 3rd legislative year of the 11th Parliament in Rabat on Friday afternoon, during which the Sovereign delivered a speech to members of both Houses of Parliament, in the presence of the president of the World Bank and the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, who are taking part in the WB-IMF Annual Meetings.
