Rabat – The Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, received Monday in Rabat a delegation of six members of the US Congress representing the Republican and Democratic parties, accompanied by the US Ambassador to Morocco, Puneet Talwar.
This visit aims to examine ways to strengthen strategic relations between Morocco and the United States of America, under the leadership of the two Heads of State, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, and US President Joe Biden, says a press release from the Head of Government’s Department.
During the meeting, the two parties highlighted the various aspects of multi-sector bilateral cooperation, expressing their satisfaction with the positive trend in the volume of trade, which has risen from 43.4 billion dirhams in 2021 to 68.9 billion dirhams at present, the statement said.
The two parties also emphasized Morocco’s ability to act as a platform for American investment on the African continent, within the framework of a mutually beneficial partnership.
The Head of
Government said that bilateral relations between Rabat and Washington are based on close coordination on a range of regional and international issues, highlighting Morocco’s leadership and its contribution to consolidating stability in the North Africa and Middle East region, according to the same source.
He also expressed the Kingdom’s consideration for the position of the United States of America, which in late 2020 recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara and expressed its support for the autonomy plan as a serious, realistic and credible solution.
The talks also provided an opportunity to underline the age-old relations between the two countries, since the signing in 1787 of the Moroccan-American Peace and Friendship Treaty, which is the oldest ever signed by the United States of America with a third country, adds the press release.
The meeting was attended by Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, and Mohcine Jazouli, Minister Delegate in charge of Investment,
Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies.
Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia welcomed today the UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during the holy month of Ramadan, leading to a permanent and sustainable ceasefire. Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan and Oman also welcomed the adoption of the UNSC resolution on Gaza.
Saudi Arabia expressed hope that the resolution would lead the parties to comply with their obligations under international law, expand the flow of humanitarian aid to civilians in the entire Gaza Strip and enhance their protection.
It renewed its call for the international community to assume its responsibility to stop the Israeli occupation’s attacks on civilians in the Strip.
Saudi Arabia also stressed the need to end the suffering of the Palestinian people, provide them with hope and enable them to obtain their rights to live in safety and achieve self-determination through a reliable and irreversible path to establish their Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in line
with the Arab Peace Initiative and relevant international resolutions.
Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates also applauded the United Nations Security Council’s adoption of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during the holy month of Ramadan, said Jordan’s news agency, Petra.
The Ministry’s spokesperson, Sufian Qudah, said that Israel must abide by this decision, which also prioritizes safeguarding people, permitting the unhindered supply of humanitarian aid, and guaranteeing that it is delivered adequately and sustainably to every area of the Gaza Strip.
The Ministry’s spokesperson also expressed his hope that this resolution will help bring about an immediate and lasting ceasefire and that the Security Council and the international community would take action to safeguard the two-state solution and ensure the establishment of an autonomous and sovereign Palestinian state on the pre-June 4, 1967 borders, with occupied Jerusalem as its capital, in a way that guarantees se
curity, peace, and stability in the region, according to Petra.
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, also emphasized the importance of respecting and implementing the ceasefire on the ground and expanding the flow of humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip. It stressed that the UN Security Council must ensure that Israel, the occupying power, complies with the council’s resolutions, international legitimacy and international law.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA