Front Page Africa – By Obediah Johnson
Liberia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah (Left), and Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita(Right) at the signing ceremony in Rabat.
MONROVIA – The Government of Liberia and the Kingdom of Morocco have signed three separate bilateral agreements aimed at establishing framework of cooperation in the areas of health, higher education and research, and agriculture, in accordance with the existing laws of both countries and on the basis of equality and mutual benefits.
The MOU was signed in Rabat, Morocco on November 2, 2020.
Liberia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr. signed on behalf of the Liberian government, while Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, signed on behalf of his government.
The Cooperation on Health calls for both nations to collaborate on maternal, child and newborn health, epidemiological surveillance including the establishment of an Epidemic Alert and Response System, human resource capacity building, and medical coverage.
It also focuses on prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, human crisis management, and disaster management.
According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed, all expenditures made shall be jointly decided by the signatories on a “case-by-case basis subject to the availability of funds and shall be made in accordance with the domestic laws of both countries.
The MOU calls for the establishment of a Joint Working Group comprising of members from the Moroccan Ministry of Health and the Liberian Ministry of Health to execute the Cooperation on Health within a five-year period.
The Cooperation on Higher Education and Research signed between Liberia and Morocco seeks to strengthen and increase cooperative relations between the two countries in higher education and scientific research.
It intends to consolidate the scientific and technological potentials of both countries to broaden the links between the scientific and technical communities of the both nations, as well as to promote scientific and technical cooperation in areas of common interest.
Under the agreement signed, Liberia and Morocco will ensure the establishment of “direct educational collaboration between universities and other higher education institutions of both countries”.
