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News 23 May 2013 3 min read

The Kingdom reaffirms its continental roots

The celebration of Africa Day, this Friday in Rabat, is undoubtedly a new initiative that stems from the Kingdom's desire to magnify its African roots and its active and acting commitment to the great causes of the continent, at the forefront of which are the challenges of development, integration and stability.
The Kingdom reaffirms its continental roots
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation has scheduled a series of events for the celebration of this Africa Day, which coincides this year with the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the Organisation of African Unity, of which Morocco was among the founding members.Morocco has always placed its continent of belonging, Africa, among the priorities of its foreign policy. Indeed, Morocco's African policy is fundamentally based on two principles, namely its identity and its irreversible commitment to the development of the continent. This identity is the fruit of common cultural values, a common history and a dense human mixing with the countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Morocco's commitment to Africa stems from the Kingdom's faith in a strong, prosperous, united African continent where development necessarily passes through integration and cooperation. This commitment was once a…

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