Brazil hails Morocco’s model leadership in Africa, Kingdom’s modernization
Brazil, represented by its Foreign Minister, Mauro Vieira, applauded the openness and modernization underway in Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, labeling it as a “credible and influential partner on the international stage.”
Vieira, on his first official visit to Morocco, expressed this position in a Joint Communiqué adopted at the end of his talks, Friday, with Morocco’s Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, in Rabat.
The two ministers discussed at their meeting several initiatives spearheaded by King Mohammed VI to foster stability, security, and economic prosperity in African countries.
In this connection, they focused on the recent Royal Atlantic Initiative, which aims to provide landlocked Sahel countries with access to the Atlantic Ocean, and the Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline project, which seeks to promote regional integration and economic development along the African Atlantic coast and beyond.
Both officials expressed interest in further collaboration in the area of food security in Africa.
In a press briefing after the talks, the Brazilian official reiterated that Morocco stands out as an “important model” for development on the African continent.
“I have no doubt that Morocco is an important model of development in all sectors, social, economic and educational, in the region”, said the Brazilian Foreign Minister.
In this respect, he welcomed the Kingdom’s “very important” role, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, in strengthening coordination and consultation with Brazil, in the service of the two countries’ joint action at regional level.
He also stressed the importance of Morocco’s support for the initiatives put forward under the Brazilian presidency of the G20, a role that will further consolidate bilateral relations between Rabat and Brasilia.
Vieira noted that his visit coincides with the 20th anniversary of the monarch’s state visit to Brazil in 2004, a visit, he said that opened up “a new path of bilateral cooperation and established the fundamental lines of development of relations between the two countries.”
