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Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, participated today in the Ministerial Meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing.
The FOCAC, scheduled for September 4 to 6 this year, serves as the main multilateral coordination platform between African nations and China.
It convenes every three years, alternating between being hosted by an African country and China.
This forum, celebrating its 24th anniversary this year, embodies a strategic partnership between China and Africa.
The ministerial meeting was led by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Senegalese Foreign Minister Yassine Fall, with Senegal currently holding the rotating co-presidency of FOCAC for Africa.
The coalition, built on principles of solidarity, cooperation, and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, saw Chinese and African ministers reviewing and adopting the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
This declaration, a comprehensive global agenda endorsed by 189 countries, is known as a transformative blueprint for advancing gender equality and empowering women and girls.
This meeting provided Bourita the opportunity to engage with several counterparts to explore strategies for boosting peace, stability, and development in Africa.
Meanwhile, the discussions emphasized active bilateral South-South cooperation and strengthening ties with China within the framework of the FOCAC summit.
In effort to expand Morocco’s bilateral ties and international cooperation, Bourita also participated yesterday in the second Indonesia-Africa Forum (IAF) in Bali.
This year's forum, themed “The Spirit of the Bandung Conference for Africa’s Agenda 2063,” focused on bolstering economic collaboration between Indonesia and Africa.
Bourita highlighted at the gathering that Morocco's cooperation could support major initiatives, such as the Royal Initiative, which aims to improve Sahelian countries' access to the Atlantic Ocean by making Morocco's roads, ports, and rail networks more accessible to landlocked Sahelian states.
