This position was expressed in the Joint Communiqué issued on Monday in Rabat, following the meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, and Senegalese Minister of African Integration and Foreign Affairs, Yassine Fall.
In the Joint Communiqué, the two ministers also reaffirmed their shared determination to make the Moroccan-Senegalese strategic partnership an outstanding model of inter-African cooperation, based on the values of solidarity, exchange, trust and sharing.
In this respect, the Senegalese FM highly praised the major progress made in this strategic partnership between the two countries, illustrated in particular by frequent visits to Dakar by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist him, and the launch of several projects in various sectors, including infrastructure, fisheries, housing, health, agriculture and human development.
During their meeting, the two ministers also reaffirmed that Morocco and Senegal, whose African values of integration and complementarity occupy a key place in their strategic orientations, will continue to align their actions with the continent’s development objectives, and to work towards achieving them in the service of young people and in response to social expectations.
They also stressed the key role of the Moroccan and Senegalese private sectors in promoting the development of bilateral relations and encouraging new investments in the two sister countries as part of a “win-win” economic partnership.
Addressing regional and international issues of common interest, the two ministers noted with satisfaction their convergence of views on the various questions raised, as stated in the Joint Communiqué.
Bourita and Fall also reiterated their determination to participate in efforts to settle disputes in Africa, and praised the constant efforts made by Morocco, under the wise and enlightened leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, and by Senegal, under the new impetus of the President, His Excellency Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, to promote peace and development on the African continent.
The two ministers agreed to continue to support, in a concerted and mutual manner, the Moroccan and Senegalese bids at the level of regional and international bodies.
