According to Mohamed Benaïssa, Secretary General of the city's Forum Foundation: Asilah, a hub for North-South dialogue

The city of Asilah has become, over the thirty years of the life of its cultural Moussem, a place of cultural exchange and dialogue between the North and the South, affirmed Mohamed Benaïssa, Secretary General of the Asilah Forum Foundation, the organiser of the event. In an interview granted to MAP, the former head of Moroccan diplomacy stressed that the influence of the city of Asilah would not have been possible without the high Royal solicitude, indicating that the project carried by his Foundation promotes openness and dialogue between civilisations and nations. “At the height of the crises and the Cold War, I always defended the idea that we must build bridges between the North and the South and take a two-way path,” he said, adding that the organisation of this Moussem was dictated by a double motivation, namely the development of the city and the promotion of dialogue with the O…