Head of Government receives Austrian National Council President

Head of Government receives Austrian National Council President
Monday 20 March 2023 - 21:50

Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch on Monday received Austrian National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka, currently on a working visit to Morocco leading a large delegation including the Chair of the Parliamentary Friendship Group Austria – North Africa.

During their meeting, the two officials welcomed the positive dynamic of the historical friendship and cooperation relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of Austria, the two countries having recently commemorated the 240th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic relations, indicates a communiqué of the department of the head of government.

The two sides also stressed the positive outcome of the official visit to Morocco at the end of February last by the Austrian Chancellor, Karl Nehammer, at the head of a large delegation of officials and economic operators, marked by the holding of a Morocco – Austria Economic Forum that opens up promising prospects for the economic partnership between the two countries, according to the same source.

The Head of Government welcomed during these talks Austria’s position on the national issue of the Kingdom, reiterated during the visit to Morocco of the Austrian Chancellor, the Republic of Austria considering that the autonomy plan presented by Morocco in 2007 is a basis for a solution to the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara and describing Morocco’s efforts in this context as serious and credible, continues the statement.

Mr. Akhannouch also stressed that the visit of the President of the Austrian National Council to the Kingdom enshrines the historical dimension of bilateral relations and reinforces the positive development of cooperation between the two countries in its political, economic and cultural aspects.

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