Cambodia lauds Moroccan King’s leadership, supports Royal Atlantic Initiatives

Cambodia lauded the leadership of King Mohammed VI and expressed its support for Royal Atlantic Initiatives and the role of the King, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, in support of the Palestinian cause.

This came in a joint communiqué, signed following a videoconference meeting held Tuesady between the Cambodian and Moroccan Foreign Ministers, Prak Sokhonn, and Nasser Bourita.

Cambodia praised the leadership of King Mohammed VI and expressed its admiration for Morocco’s social and economic development, as well as for the wise policy of the King to ensure prosperity and stability for the Kingdom and its people, the joint communiqué stated.

Sokhonn also hailed the New Development Model, launched in 2021 under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, which aims to accelerate economic growth and job creation, social protection, women’s empowerment, human development and the access to quality education.

The Cambodian minister commended the ongoing reform of the Family Code, which aims to ensure the stability of the Moroccan family, the promotion of women’s rights, the preservation of human dignity and the safeguarding of children’s rights, the communiqué added.

The head of Cambodian diplomacy also praised the Atlantic States Initiative launched by the King, and recognized its role in promoting African integration, bolstering cooperation ties and partnerships between African countries bordering the Atlantic, and consolidating peace, stability, and shared prosperity in the region.

The Cambodian minister likewise highlighted the strategic importance of the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline as reflecting continental energy integration.

In the same vein, Sokhonn emphasized that Cambodia highly praises and expresses its full support for the Royal Initiative to facilitate the access of Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean, for its strategic and effective solidarity with African countries in the Sahel region and on the continent.

The Cambodian minister lauded further the role of King Mohammed VI, in his quality as Chairman of the OCI’s Al-Quds Committee, in support of the Palestinian cause, as well as the sustained efforts he exerts to protect the holy Islamic sites of Al-Quds Asharif.

He also expressed Cambodia’s appreciation of the tangible role played by the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Asharif Agency, under the Al-Quds Committee, through the implementation of development projects and activities in favor of the inhabitants of the Holy City and in support of its resilience.

Sokhonn expressed his appreciation for the role played by Morocco in strengthening dialogue between civilizations, cultures and religions, combating hate speech and promoting the moderate and tolerant precepts of Islam, particularly through the Mohammed VI Institute for the Training of Imams, Morchidines and Morchidates.

The Cambodian top diplomat voiced appreciation for Morocco’s significant contribution to the peace process in Cambodia in 1992, within the framework of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia UNTAC.

Morocco and Cambodia will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in 2026.