The Foreign Minister’s visit to Washington will be an opportunity to strengthen this solid and long-standing bilateral strategic partnership uniting the two countries. It is also an opportunity to discuss international and regional issues of common interest, particularly in the Middle East and Africa.
Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita is making a working visit to Washington on Monday. This trip is part of the permanent consultations intended to consolidate the strategic partnership linking Morocco to the United States and to consult on various regional and international issues, particularly concerning Africa and the Middle East.
During this visit, Bourita will have a series of meetings at the White House and at the State Department, particularly with the head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken.
The partnership between Rabat and Washington has experienced significant development in all areas in recent years. The Foreign Minister’s visit to Washington will be an opportunity to strengthen this solid and long-standing bilateral strategic partnership uniting the two countries in various fields and to discuss international and regional issues of common interest. This particular visit consecrates the dynamic of regular exchanges between Morocco and the United States, which has considerably intensified over the past two years, with the visit to the Kingdom of many senior American officials.
In terms of political dialogue, the last year was notably marked by the visit of Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Rabat in March 2022. “We support His Majesty the King’s ambitious reform program aimed at strengthening Moroccan institutions “said the US Secretary of State on this occasion. Last year also saw the visit of Blinken’s deputy, Wendy Sherman, in the same month, then the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, in May 2022, and more recently, last January, the Deputy Under-Secretary of State for International Organizations Affairs, Michèle Sisson.
Added to this are the two visits to Morocco by the CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, last week and previously, in July 2022, at the head of a large American economic delegation. In December 2022, the coordinator for the MENA region at the National Security Council reporting to the White House, Brett McGurk, also visited Rabat for high-level consultations.