Igor Prikhodko, Senior Diplomatic Officer Charge d’Affairs at the Embassy of Ukraine in Morocco, said that “there is stability in the Moroccan-Ukrainian relations, 6 months after the outbreak of the war with Russia,” noting that “there is no change in relations.”
The head of Ukrainian diplomacy in Morocco stated, in an interview with the Hespress AR, that “there are permanent official contacts between officials of the two countries, and working sessions have been conducted with officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and we are working to further relations.”
The official at the Ukrainian Embassy in Rabat warned that “Russia has always said that it supports the opening of ports and the liberation of maritime traffic, but it was afraid of the transit of weapons, so we established this center to monitor sea lines.”
“Morocco helped us in this war on several levels, and we would like to make this support more clear and tangible,” added the diplomat, noting that “the Moroccan position on the Russian-Ukrainian war will not affect the flow of grain.”
The official said that “Ukraine signed an agreement with Turkey and the United Nations, which allows the export of Ukrainian grain to alleviate the impact of the global food crisis, which led to a rise in prices in some of the poorest countries in the world.”
“The Russian-Ukrainian war poses several challenges related to the food and political security of European and African countries, and all countries of the world,” said Prikhodko.
“Despite the war, we are interested in developing economic, political and educational cooperation with Morocco, with which we have relations of friendship and partnership.”
Regarding Ukrainian higher education institutions, Prikhodko said that they are gradually resuming their activities, noting that depending on the security situation in each region, higher education institutions resume studies either remotely or in hybrid format.
“I have not communicated with the Moroccan foreign minister, but I have permanent contacts with officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other members and departments in the ministry,” informed the diplomat.
“There is a desire to develop our relations with our strategic ally in Africa, we are open to all allied countries, whether in Europe or in Africa, and Morocco is the number one strategic ally in Africa.”
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