The King of Morocco: We are looking forward to building healthy relationships for the future between the Arab world and Europe

King Mohammed VI affirmed his country's desire to establish future healthy relations between the Arab world and Europe, free from damaging judgments and the effects of transient events, and expressed his belief that there is a new opportunity for joint cooperation in the field of migration and the fight against terrorism in all its aspects. Between the spirit of shared responsibility and common development.

In a speech delivered on his behalf by Moroccan Prime Minister Saad Eddin Othmani at the second plenary session of the first Arab-European summit, the king said that the integrated vision of the partnership between the two sides needed to focus on certain priorities, including Arab national security and the revival of the Arab world. To help its Arab neighbors realize this vision and guide future partnerships towards the creation of an intellectual, cultural and informative environment conducive to coexistence and cooperation between the peoples of the two regions.

He stressed that the Sharm el-Sheikh summit is of great importance to the Arab world in that it establishes a neighbor who occupies a prominent place in the map of its relations with its various partners from countries, groups and countries. regional and continental organizations.

He said that the reality of Arab-European cooperation, as well as the size of its material and knowledge, underlined the need for an objective and calm evaluation of its results, to review its interlocutors, to determine its strategic priorities and develop its work methodology to improve it.

The King of Morocco called on Arab and regional blocs, including the Arab Maghreb Union, to play their part in developing Arab relations with the European partner and removing political obstacles and bilateral disputes that hinder the Arab relations. progress and development.

He stressed that the region was facing major challenges, including the Palestinian issue and the future of Jerusalem, that his country attaches great importance to the chairmanship of the Jerusalem Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation . He stressed the need to preserve the legal status of the Holy City in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 within the framework of the two peoples. The peoples of the region abide by the previously agreed principles on the power of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state with East Jerusalem for capital.