Egyptian-Moroccan consultations held in Rabat at level of assistant FMs
CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) – Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs Ihab Fahmy held political consultations in Rabat with Morocco's Director General of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates Fouad Yazourh.
Egypt's Ambassador in Rabat Ahmed Nihad Abdel Latif attended the meeting, according to a press release on Saturday.
The talks came within the framework of the two countries' keenness to boost bilateral relations in various fields, especially economic and investment ones, in light of the promising opportunities in Egypt and Morocco.
During the consultations, Fahmy reviewed ways to enhance cooperation, emphasizing the importance of well-prepared arrangements for the seventh session of the Egyptian-Moroccan supreme committee as well as an anticipated visit of Moroccan King Mohammed VI to Cairo.
The Moroccan side said it is looking forward to an upcoming visit of Egyptian Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Expatriates Minister Badr Abdelatty to Rabat, as well as the convocation of the fourth session of the mechanism for strategic consultation and dialogue chaired by the foreign ministers of both countries.
Fahmy asserted the importance Egypt attaches to a planned visit by Secretary of State to the Moroccan Minister of Industry and Trade Omar Hejira to Cairo on Sunday, leading a delegation of businessmen.
The Egyptian-Moroccan Investment Forum will be held on the sidelines of Hejira's visit, he noted.
He highlighted the forum as an important opportunity to stand on the facilitations and incentives provided by the Egyptian state to investors, and the efforts exerted to overcome any obstacles facing exporters of both sides.
This will contribute to advancing the path of trade and economic relations, in pursuit of the common interest of the two brotherly countries and peoples.
The talks also tackled a host of regional and international issues of mutual concern, topped by the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, as well as the ongoing developments in Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan and Yemen, and Red Sea security.
They also discussed the latest updates regarding Somalia and the African Sahel region, stressing the necessity of joint cooperation to combat terrorism and confront the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters, which poses a threat to regional and international security.
At the end of the talks, Fahmy said he agreed with the Moroccan official on the importance of holding periodic consultations and exchanging high-level visits by officials of the two countries to further strengthen the Egyptian-Moroccan relations in various fields. (MENA)
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