Royal Advisor Azoulay Awarded 2020 Gold Medal of Andalusia

André Azoulay, Advisor to King Mohammed VI, was awarded Friday the Gold Medal of Andalusia, Medallas de Oro de Andalucia, in recognition for his “exemplary commitment to solidarity and harmony and for his pioneering approach at the head of the Foundation of Three Cultures, through which Morocco, Spain and Andalusia have been telling the world, for over twenty years, the art of living together”.

President of the Andalusian government, Juan Manuel Moreno, who handed the medal to André Azoulay at a ceremony in Sevilla said his government bestowed this medal on Mr. Azoulay in recognition of the distinguished career of the man, who has worked for years to promote understanding and mutual respect between Morocco, Andalusia and Spain.

André Azoulay on his part underlined “the historic and visionary decision of Morocco which, in the mid-1990s, proposed to Spain and Andalusia to come together to create the Foundation of the Three Cultures. The idea behind the setting up of the Foundation was to make it “the institution of reference, the space of resilience and resistance in the face of the dangers of the cultural and social fracture that was already looming all around us”.

“History has proved Morocco right and it is to my King and my country that I dedicate today, from Seville, the medal awarded to me,” he added.

“At a time and in a space where the community of nations is still searching for landmarks, Morocco has put the richness and depth of its cultural and spiritual diversity at the heart of the modernity of its society, thus giving full legitimacy and raison d’être to the Foundation of the Three Cultures and its influence in the Euro-Mediterranean area and in the world,” the Royal advisor pointed out.