(MENAFN- Morocco World News) Rabat – Nasser Bourita has embarked his first official visit abroad after being appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, meeting with new African Union Commission (AUC) chief Moussa Faki Mahamat in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.
Bourita, who was a Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs when Morocco returned to the African Union in late January, underlined during his meeting with Mahamat %E2%80%9Cthe importance of Morocco to return to the pan-African organization%E2%80%9D, referring to %E2%80%9Cthe actions%E2%80%9D that have carried out by Morocco to make its contribution to the AU %E2%80%9Ceffective.%E2%80%9D
While discussing the routine operations of the commission, Bourita and Mahamat highlighted that the actions should be %E2%80%9Cconstructive%E2%80%9D in all issues – seeking to cooperate to ensure that %E2%80%9Cthe mission of the AUC is not instrumentalized to serve agendas that pollute the union's action and […] the process of reform the pan-African organization.%E2%80%9D
Supported by 39 AU member states out of a total of 54, Morocco was re-admitted to the pan-African organization as a full-fledged member in January 2016 after a 33 year-long absence.
Morocco's late King Hassan II decided to withdraw from the AU in 1984, following the pan-African organization's public acceptance of the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as a full-fledged member state.
Following the re-admission of Morocco during the 28th Summit of the African Union, King Mohammed VI delivered a speech, highlighting the position of Morocco in Africa, the projects that have been made to consolidate South-South partnership, and Morocco's initiative to provide Sub-Saharan immigrants emergency assistance.
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