2023-12-24 01:53:00

The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Chad, gathered on December 23 by Morocco in Marrakech, agreed to create a national task force, in each country, to prepare and propose operationalization modalities of the Royal Initiative

The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Chad expressed, Saturday in Marrakech, the support of their countries for the international initiative of King Mohammed VI to promote access to Sahel States. Atlantic Ocean, which offers great opportunities for the economic transformation of the entire region.

In the final communiqué sanctioning the work of the Ministerial Coordination Meeting, organized at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad, Nasser Bourita, the heads of diplomacy of these African countries expressed their support for this Initiative of regional and international scope.

An inclusive and participatory approach

They underlined the strategic importance of this Initiative, which is part of the active solidarity measures of King Mohammed VI towards African countries in general and the Sahel in particular, and which offers great opportunities for the economic transformation of the entire region in that it will contribute to the acceleration of regional connectivity and trade flows, and to shared prosperity in the Sahel region.

They welcomed, in this context, the inclusive and participatory approach with a view to making this Initiative a reality, affirming their common ambition to consolidate cooperative relations through multi-sectoral, structuring and innovative joint partnerships, reflecting the values ​​of cooperation. South-South and co-development.

The Foreign Ministers taking part in this Coordination Meeting agreed to create a national task force, in each country, to prepare and propose the modalities for operationalizing this Initiative.

Proposals to King Mohammed VI

They also agreed to proceed, as soon as possible, to finalizing the proposals to be submitted to King Mohammed VI and the heads of state of Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali, the Republic of Niger and the Republic of Chad, it is specified in the final press release.

At the end of this meeting, the ministers expressed their gratitude to King Mohammed VI for this Initiative and for the offer from the Kingdom of Morocco to make its road, port and railway infrastructures available to the Sahel States with a view to strengthening their participation. to international trade.

The Royal Initiative aimed at promoting access for Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean was announced in the royal speech addressed to the Nation on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the Green March, in which the Sovereign specified that “to promote access of the Sahel States to the Atlantic Ocean, we propose the launch of an Initiative on an international scale”adding that “Morocco is ready to make its road, port and rail infrastructure available to them to support this Initiative.”

The King also stressed that “for such a proposal to succeed, it is essential to upgrade the infrastructure of the Sahel States and connect them to the transport and communication networks established in their regional environment”.

The work of the Ministerial Coordination Meeting on the International Initiative of King Mohammed VI to promote access of Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean was held on Saturday in Marrakech, with the participation of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. Faso and Chad.

Organized at the initiative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad, Nasser Bourita, this meeting was attended by the Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdoulaye Diop, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Nigeriens Abroad, Bakary Yaou Sangaré, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and Burkinabés Abroad, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, as well as the Director General Africa and Integration African at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chadians Abroad and International Cooperation, Abakar Kourma.

Solutions for regional integration

This coordination meeting offers unprecedented potential capable of providing adapted solutions to strengthen regional integration and cooperation, the structural transformation of the economies of these sister countries and the improvement of the living conditions of the Sahelo-Saharan population. , as part of an innovative and integrated approach promoting stability and security in the region.

In this context, the Royal Initiative opens the way to allow landlocked Sahelian countries to access the Kingdom’s road and port infrastructure. This opening was the subject of an explicit affirmation by the King, emphasizing that “Morocco is ready to make its road, port and rail infrastructure available to them to support this initiative.”

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