by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate, Corporate Governance, Economy, News
Rabat : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita on Monday signed four agreements to cement bilateral cooperation.
The two foreign ministers inked four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in the areas of security, housing, investments and youths, Xinhua news agency reported.
Speaking at a press briefing, Bourita said the signing of these agreements will strengthen the legal framework governing the relations between the two countries.
For her part, the Indian foreign minister stressed that India is committed to developing bilateral relations with Morocco.
Swaraj also met with several Moroccan officials, including the Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Business Summit, Events, Muslim World, Social Round-up
United Nations : United Nations Special Representative for International Migration, Louise Arbour, has said the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, to be held in December in Marrakech, Morocco, would be a crucial inter-governmental conference.
During a meeting in New York with Moroccan Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita, she also commended Morocco’s leadership on migration issues, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, who was appointed at the 28th AU Summit as Leader of the African Union on the Question of Migration.
Arbour said the talks with the Moroccan official were an opportunity to discuss preparations for the international conference for the formal adoption of the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, to be held on December 10-11.
She said the conference will be “the most important inter-governmental conference for the UN this year, as it will be held at the highest level and will therefore bring together heads of state and government as well as foreign ministers”.
She also discussed the content of the Global Compact on migration, which is a testimony to the “strength” of multilateralism, she said, stressing that the Marrakech conference will see the launch of innovative partnerships and the implementation of the Global Compact itself.
—IANS
