{"id":66099,"date":"2026-07-19T23:28:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=66099"},"modified":"2026-07-19T23:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:28:47","slug":"morocco-and-france-to-step-up-partnership-sides-hold-15th-high-level-meeting-in-rabat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/morocco-and-france-to-step-up-partnership-sides-hold-15th-high-level-meeting-in-rabat\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco and France to Step Up Partnership | Sides hold 15th High Level Meeting in Rabat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66102\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Morocco-France.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Morocco-France.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Morocco-France-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>RABAT: The 15th session of the Morocco-France High-Level Meeting opened\u00a0 in Rabat, co-chaired by the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, and French Prime Minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu.<\/p>\n<p>This meeting is being held to celebrate the strengthened exceptional partnership between Morocco and France, under the leadership of the two Heads of State, His Majesty King Mohammed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron.<\/p>\n<p>This high-level meeting, which was preceded by several bilateral meetings between members of the two countries\u2019 governments, was marked by the signing of several agreements aimed at injecting new momentum into Moroccan-French relations.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the opening of this meeting, the Moroccan Head of Government stated that the 15th Morocco-France High-Level Meeting (HLM) between Morocco and France constitutes \u201cthe first concrete governmental implementation of the new political framework\u201d established by His Majesty King Mohammed VI and the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, during the French President\u2019s state visit to the Kingdom in October 2024<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Akhannouch also emphasized that this meeting, far from being a mere reactivation of an institutional mechanism, reflects the strengthened exceptional partnership that has opened a new chapter in relations between the two countries and charted an ambitious course based on a strong political convergence, renewed economic momentum, and a shared commitment to shaping the future together.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0K19VFMyYT\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/us-highlights-contribution-of-dgsn-dgst-morocco-to-two-international-operations-against-arms-network-a-financial-drug-trafficking-circuit-bulgarian-kenyan-nationals-involved\/\">US highlights contribution of DGSN-DGST (Morocco) to Two International Operations against Arms Network &#038; a Financial Drug Trafficking Circuit | Bulgarian, Kenyan Nationals Involved<\/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;US highlights contribution of DGSN-DGST (Morocco) to Two International Operations against Arms Network &#038; a Financial Drug Trafficking Circuit | Bulgarian, Kenyan Nationals Involved&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/us-highlights-contribution-of-dgsn-dgst-morocco-to-two-international-operations-against-arms-network-a-financial-drug-trafficking-circuit-bulgarian-kenyan-nationals-involved\/embed\/#?secret=TI2BNWCaFs#?secret=0K19VFMyYT\" data-secret=\"0K19VFMyYT\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe have also been entrusted with the mission of developing new projects and ensuring their implementation, in the very best interests of both our peoples, in the spirit of the exceptional partnership that binds us. We are both committed to doing our utmost to ensure that His Majesty\u2019s upcoming state visit to France solidifies this ambition and gives it its full meaning,\u201d explained the French official.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cIt is also in the interest of our two peoples that we work toward our common security, and I would like to commend the excellent cooperation between our agencies in combating the threat of terrorism, drug trafficking, human trafficking, and irregular migration\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This 15th Morocco-France High-Level Meeting was marked by the signing of 14 agreements between the two countries, including a letter of intent on cooperation in the area of feminist foreign policy, an annex to the technical arrangement in the field of civil aviation, a partnership agreement between the\u00a0Ecole nationale sup\u00e9rieure maritime\u00a0(ENSM) in France and the\u00a0Institut sup\u00e9rieur d\u2019\u00e9tudes Maritimes\u00a0(ISEM) in Morocco, as well as AFD loan agreements for the Rabat RER and for water policy.<\/p>\n<p>The other agreements cover additional areas of cooperation, including a \u201cdeclaration of intent on the teaching of Arabic and history and geography in the French education system,\u201d a \u201cstrategic partnership agreement between the Arab World Institute and the Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Communication,\u201d and a \u201cdraft framework agreement on scientific cooperation between CIRAD and IAV\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>French Prime Minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu reaffirmed his country\u2019s &#8220;intangible&#8221; stance in support of Morocco\u2019s sovereignty over its Sahara. &#8220;This stance, I repeat here, is intangibleIn that message, President Macron had officially affirmed that the present and future of the Sahara lie within the framework of Moroccan sovereignty.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wzJWtPXqQk\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-january-2026\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 January 2026<\/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;Pakistan in the World \u2013 January 2026&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-january-2026\/embed\/#?secret=AcJEMpqJCr#?secret=wzJWtPXqQk\" data-secret=\"wzJWtPXqQk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RABAT: The 15th session of the Morocco-France High-Level Meeting opened\u00a0 in Rabat, co-chaired by the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, and French Prime Minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu. This meeting is being held to celebrate the strengthened exceptional partnership between Morocco and France, under the leadership of the two Heads of State, His Majesty King Mohammed VI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[143,135,2399,251,3258,1183,862,3000,2679],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66099"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66104,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66099\/revisions\/66104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}