Rabat – HM King Mohammed VI highlighted His steadfast commitment and sincere willingness to forge ahead with establishing a new Maghreban order through constructive dialogue and fruitful consultation.
In a message to the heads of states of Maghreban countries on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the Maghreb Union, the Sovereign underscored the common and interdependent interests of the regional grouping, stressing the need for the countries of the region to combine efforts with a view to achieving an inclusive and integrated development that will ensure progress and stability to the five countries of the Arab Maghreb Union.
HM the King noted that the deep changes that took place in the Maghreb region and the aspirations of the brotherly peoples of the Maghreb to further freedom, democracy, dignity, integrated development, shared progress and social justice are all factors that emphasize the pressing need for strengthening the Maghreban union, “which represents an inevitable strategic prospect”.
To this end, the Sovereign said, “it behooves us to adopt a pragmatic and united approach according to a realistic and clear vision that is in line with the spirit and the letter of the founding treaty of Marrakech.”
The Monarch affirmed that the Kingdom of Morocco, which continues to prove faith and commitment to the Maghreban Union as a strategic option, aspires that this anniversary will represent an occasion for a Maghreb reinvigoration that is spurred by the time-honoured brotherly ties, common destiny and the complementarity of interests between the Union’s countries and that fully respects the sovereignty, territorial integrity, identity and the supreme immutable national values of AMU’s states .
HM the King voiced deep conviction that the Maghreban integration is a popular aspiration, a pressing strategic need, and an inevitable economic imperative, reiterating willingness to endeavour together with other heads of Maghreban states for the emergence of a new Maghreban order that has a leading role at the Arab, African and Euro-Mediterranean levels and that ensures the regional and international interests of the five Maghreban.
