2024-06-15 21:51:46
“From a continental standpoint, the Kingdom of Morocco is a significant and lively participant in Africa,” mentioned Ms. Urpilainen in an interview with MAP, on the sidelines of her participation within the Annual Conferences of the World Financial institution Group ( BM) and the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF) that are held in Marrakech.
Referring to the excellence and depth of Morocco-EU relations, the European official indicated that Brussels confirmed solidarity with Morocco following the painful Al Haouz earthquake, whereas expressing its willingness to help the Kingdom in its efforts to reconstruction of catastrophe areas.
Ms. Urpilainen additional famous that Morocco is a vital buying and selling accomplice for the EU, which additionally helps the Kingdom’s inexperienced transition in addition to efforts to adapt to local weather change.
For the European Commissioner, the areas of bilateral cooperation are numerous, protecting specifically the battle towards inequalities and disparities, the development of social inclusion and the promotion of youth.
“I subsequently see many prospects to deepen our cooperation sooner or later,” she mentioned.
Moreover, Ms. Urpilainen described as “historic” the WB/IMF Annual Conferences held in Morocco, “a beautiful host”, noting that “you will need to sign to the remainder of the world that the function of Africa continues to develop.”
“I believe that the voice of Africa is being heard, loud and clear. And these conferences in Marrakech are an instance of that,” she mentioned, recalling that the African Union is now a part of the G20.
In accordance with the European official, the worldwide neighborhood additionally needs to pay extra consideration to Africa and provides it the place it deserves in world governance.
The EU adopted the brand new African technique three and a half years in the past with a view to cementing cooperation with the continent, she continued. “This is the reason we’ve additionally put in place an funding technique for Africa for a price range envelope of 150 billion euros, with the target of supporting the continent’s inexperienced and digital transitions,” concluded Ms. Urpilainen .
2024-06-15 21:51:46