Relations between Morocco and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are “solid and secular”, based on the active and effective solidarity uniting the two countries at all levels, said Saturday in Dakhla Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita.
Morocco was present at key stages in the history of Congo, he said at a press briefing with his Congolese counterpart, Marie Tumba Nzeza, on the occasion of the opening of a DRC consulate in Dakhla.
This presence was always an act of solidarity and fraternity and support for national unity and territorial integrity, Bourita recalled.
From the times of late HM Mohammed V and late HM Hassan II to the present day under the reign of HM King Mohammed VI, the ties of solidarity and cooperation between the two countries have continued without interruption.
Highlighting the Kingdom’s first participation in a peacekeeping operation in the DRC in 1960, Morocco’s FM stressed that HM King Mohammed VI and His Excellency President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi pursue the same spirit of solidarity and fraternity. More than 900 Moroccan soldiers are mobilized as part of the peacekeeping operation in this brotherly country, he said.
The DRC is among the first countries to benefit from the solidarity operation to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, Bourita underlined, recalling that 25 African countries have benefited from this initiative.
During talks held in Rabat, it was agreed to follow the same guidelines of HM the King and His Excellency the President of the DRC, intending to concretize this distinguished solidarity between the two countries, through actions and projects.
It was also agreed to grant more scholarships, which increased from 70 to 150, to cooperate in various fields such as agriculture, fisheries, renewable energy and the medical field, Bourita went on.
The Morocco-DRC Joint Committee will take place in May or June next year in Kinshasa, as the preparatory meetings will begin early next year, he announced.
It was also decided to hold a Forum of businessmen from both countries, alongside the Joint Committee, given the DRC’s enormous potential, he added.
Under the Sovereign’s vision for the development of South-South cooperation, Morocco-DRC cooperation could be a model of active cooperation between public and private actors, Bourita said.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has an important place at the African level, the minister added, stressing “the support of the Sovereign to all measures and initiatives undertaken by President Tshisekedi to support the stability and development of this country.
The Moroccan FM also stressed that Morocco congratulates the Democratic Republic of Congo on the occasion of its presidency of the African Union, starting next year for a period of one year, which allows President Tshisekedi to become a major player and discuss issues of interest to the Continent.
During the inauguration ceremony, the Consul General of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nestor Bamialy Wawa was installed in his functions.
Since the beginning of the year, the city of Dakhla has experienced strong diplomatic momentum with the inauguration of the consulates of the Gambia, Guinea, Djibouti, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau and Equatorial Guinea, in addition to Haiti, the first non-Arab and non-African country to open a Consulate in the Moroccan Sahara.
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