Morocco will be participating in the upcoming second edition of the Negev forum, as the Kingdom participated this Monday in the Forum’s Monday Coordinating Committee meeting in Bahrain.
Senior officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, the United States of America, and Israel attended the meeting, devoted to following up the conclusions of the Negev Summit, which brought together the foreign ministers of the six countries on March 28.
Morocco’s Director General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fouad Yazourh represented the Kingdom during the meeting, which focused on defining the tasks of the working groups to strengthen cooperation and exchange of experiences between the participating countries in the various fields, according to the Undersecretary of the Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.
This Forum, which includes a rotating presidency and an annual summit, allows the creation of “real and positive change in the areas of energy, health, food and water security, regional security, and much more,” said the Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Alon Ushpiz in a tweet.
The senior officials of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the participating countries affirmed, in a joint final statement, their pride in the results of the historic Negev Summit in forming a framework for regional cooperation, and their common interest in increasing coordination and collective action through the review of the framework of the work of the Negev Forum, and the definition of its objectives, working methods, and structure.
The six working groups will meet regularly during the year and submit their reports to the Coordinating Committee to support initiatives that strengthen regional integration, cooperation, and development for the benefit of the peoples of the region, said the statement.
The participants stressed the importance of building on the relationship between Israel and the Arab countries to achieve tangible progress in Israeli-Palestinian relations and to resolve the current conflict through negotiation, as an integral part of efforts to achieve a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the region.
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