Morocco & Hungary determined to strengthen cooperation in water management, road infrastructure

Morocco and Hungary are discussing means of strengthening their cooperation in the field of treatment, storage and management of water resources and road infrastructure.

This comes as Moroccan Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics, and Water, Abdelkader Amara, is visiting Hungary.

The minister visited on Monday several water infrastructures including a groundwater and surface water treatment plant in the city of Siofok near the capital Budapest, where he was briefed about the facilities and techniques used in this structure.

The visit enabled the Moroccan delegation to learn about the actions carried out by the Hungarian government in the field of water resources management, which constitutes a national priority, as is the case in Morocco, which has adopted a strategic plan for the period 2020-2027 and the National Water Plan for the period 2020-2050.

Amara discussed with Hungarian officials ways of boosting cooperation ties and partnership in the field of water management and underlined Morocco’s potentialities in the field of water resources treatment, storage and management.

Talks also covered the two countries’ respective experiences in water treatment and desalination, the fight against floods and the negative impacts of climate change.

The director general of a Hungarian pilot water management and desalination company, Adrian Kish, noted that Hungary wishes to develop its partnership and cooperation with Morocco, especially with regard to new technologies for the sustainable management of water resources through mobile units.

He said he is confident that Morocco, which has significant potential in the industrial field, can develop water treatment techniques and that Hungary can take advantage of these techniques for the management of its water resources through pilot projects in the two countries.

 

The Moroccan minister also conferred on Tuesday with Secretary of State for Transport, Laszlo Mosoczi, on means to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the fields of transport and road safety, with focus on new technologies. The two sides discussed the possibility to sign an agreement in this area and to set up a joint committee to monitor the implementation of the international transport agreement between the two countries that entered into force in 2000.

 

In this connection, he visited a government pilot project in the western city of Zalaegerszeg, which focuses on the development of environment friendly automatic vehicles and improvement of road safety.