Marrakech – Morocco plays a key part in strengthening cooperation between African countries in the field of notaries, said Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi in Marrakech on Wednesday.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 33rd Congress of African Notaries, Ouahbi underscored the Kingdom’s commitment to regional and international initiatives aiming to reinforce cooperation between African countries in various fields, notably in the documentation sector, as one of the vital sectors for ensuring stability and supporting development efforts. In this respect, Ouahbi underlined the role played by the African Affairs Commission (CAAf- International Union of Notaries (UINL)) in strengthening regional cooperation, noting the importance of these meetings for the exchange of experience and the promotion of the notarial profession at continental level. ‘Morocco sees it as very important to develop this profession to contribute to strengthening legal security and social stability,’ he asserted, underlining Morocco’s c
ommitment to keeping pace with global digital and economic developments. In this context, he called for developing legislation relating to the notary’s profession and modernizing legal frameworks in line with these transformations, noting that the notary’s profession is among the pioneering legal professions at national level in the field of digitalization. The President of the National Council of the Order of Moroccan Notaries (CNONM) , Hicham Sabiry, stressed that the notarial profession in Africa is called upon today to rise to the challenge of digitalization, in order to be able to accompany public policies, particularly in terms of investment, sustainable development and the fight against money laundering. He emphasized that the CNONM places its wealth of experience in the field of digitalization at the service of African notarial orders, highlighting the fruitful cooperation that the CNONM maintains with several African notarial orders, including the Chambre des Notaires du Sénégal, with which the counc
il has signed a cooperation and exchange protocol in the field of digitalization. CAAF Chairman Olagnika Salam, for his part, highlighted Morocco’s policy, pushed forward by HM King Mohammed VI, to promote South-South cooperation. He pointed out that the CNONM constantly places great importance on cooperation between African notariats, and on strengthening their capacities, especially in a context marked by the digitalization of all socio-economic sectors. Placed under the High Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, the 33rd Congress of African Notaries brings together over 700 notaries from 19 African countries, in addition to officials, magistrates and academics, to debate the challenges and opportunities of the digitalization of the African notarial profession.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse