Nasser Bourita , Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Africans Living Abroad, and Annalina Birbock, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, met for the first time through visual communication technology on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, and agreed to breathe new life into bilateral relations of their own quality in all areas, in a spirit of coherence, mutual respect, and effective policies.

The Ministers praised the content of the letters sent between His Excellency President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Franke-Walter Steinmeier, and His Majesty King Mohammed VI, in which they emphasized the two nations’ mutual interest in forming a new alliance.

They also emphasized the importance of friendly and close relations between the two countries, agreeing to start a new discussion aimed at clearing up urgent misunderstandings and developing comprehensive bilateral ties.

The Ministers praised the two countries’ strong potential for cooperation, emphasizing their shared interest and advancing those ties, particularly in view of the challenges and necessities of the post-Corona recovery.

The Ministers agreed that cooperation should be resumed in all areas and with all actors involved.

In the following weeks, the outlines for future responses to regional and cross-cutting concerns will be established, with the goal of revitalizing and deepening conversation and cooperation.

In this context, the German Minister welcomed His Majesty’s Ambassador’s return to Berlin, emphasizing the imminent arrival of the Federal Republic of Germany’s new Ambassador in Morocco.

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Morocco and Germany have considerable economic and trade links, according to the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with Germany placing seventh in Morocco’s foreign sector in 2019. In the same year, it purchased €1.4 billion in products from Morocco and exported €2.2 billion in commodities. In Morocco, roughly 300 German equity companies are represented, with a focus on Casablanca and Tangier.

According to a communiqué issued by Berlin, Morocco is a popular tourist destination, with around 6% of international tourists coming from Germany in 2019.

Germany, according to the same letter, is one of Morocco’s top donors, with a total pledge of approximately 1.2 billion euros in 2020. The German-Moroccan development collaboration is focused on long-term economic development and employment, renewable energy, and water management.

Morocco participated in the G-20 effort with Africa to improve the framework conditions for private investment, and Germany assisted Morocco in dealing with the emergency situation with a large-scale emergency assistance program in 2020.

The institutions of Friedrich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Friedrich Naumann, Hanns Seidel, and Heinrich Paul, which have offices in Morocco, add that “German language and scientific cooperation are promoted through the Goethe Institute, branches in Casablanca and Rabat, partner schools, and over 20 collaborations in the higher education sector, as encouraged by the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

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