{"id":46358,"date":"2025-05-12T10:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=46358"},"modified":"2025-05-12T10:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:11:14","slug":"french-development-agency-ceo-on-field-mission-in-moroccan-sahara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/french-development-agency-ceo-on-field-mission-in-moroccan-sahara\/","title":{"rendered":"French Development Agency CEO on Field Mission in Moroccan Sahara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46360\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Morocco-France-Sahara.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Morocco-France-Sahara.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Morocco-France-Sahara-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>RABAT \/ Morocco : The CEO of the French Development Agency (AFD), R\u00e9my Rioux, who is on a working visit to Morocco, announced that he will be carrying out a field mission in the Kingdom&#8217;s Southern Provinces.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made by Rioux during a press briefing following his meeting, on Friday in Rabat, with Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita.<\/p>\n<p>The AFD CEO said that his visit forms part of the implementation of the Joint Declaration signed in October 2024 between His Majesty King Mohammed VI and the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, during the latter\u2019s State visit to the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You might recall that on that occasion, President Emmanuel Macron expressed France&#8217;s new position on the Southern Provinces,&#8221; he recalled, adding that his current mission is part of the &#8220;rapid operationalization&#8221; of this strategic guideline.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"n5m23B2cgC\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/the-king-mohammed-vi-launches-construction-of-rabat-sale-kenitra-regions-essential-reserves-platform-embodiment-of-moroccos-model-of-disaster-resilience\/\">The King Mohammed VI Launches Construction of Rabat-Sal\u00e9-Kenitra Region&#8217;s Essential Reserves Platform, Embodiment of Morocco&#8217;s Model of Disaster Resilience<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;The King Mohammed VI Launches Construction of Rabat-Sal\u00e9-Kenitra Region&#8217;s Essential Reserves Platform, Embodiment of Morocco&#8217;s Model of Disaster Resilience&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/the-king-mohammed-vi-launches-construction-of-rabat-sale-kenitra-regions-essential-reserves-platform-embodiment-of-moroccos-model-of-disaster-resilience\/embed\/#?secret=KcOcecBt5S#?secret=n5m23B2cgC\" data-secret=\"n5m23B2cgC\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Referring to the extension of AFD&#8217;s mandate to the Southern Provinces, Rioux said that he will be visiting &#8220;Laayoune tomorrow and Dakhla on Sunday and Monday,&#8221; marking an important step in the implementation of commitments made.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>He welcomed the fact that \u201cSouthern Provinces represent a strategic link with SubSaharan Africa in the Atlantic coast,\u201d emphasizing that it constitutes \u201ca very important action framework\u201d for the AFD group.<\/p>\n<p>Rioux underlined the steadiness and strategic scope of the partnership between Morocco and France, stating that the Kingdom remains the AFD Group&#8217;s leading partner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Morocco represents more than \u20ac3 billion of ongoing projects, more than MAD 30 billion, 70 projects underway,&#8221; he said, adding that no fewer than 80 Group employees are mobilized on the ground in Morocco, which is &#8220;clearly very important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The visit by AFD&#8217;s chief is part of the \u201cReinforced Exceptional Partnership\u201d signed between His Majesty the King and President Emmanuel Macron, and is a tangible expression of the shared desire to further strengthen the rich bilateral cooperation between the two countries, and to support the momentum of inclusive and sustainable development in all regions of the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KGshYleApQ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-may-2025\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 May 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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