Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney announced, yesterday Tuesday, that the Republic of Ireland will open an embassy in Morocco this year, “to benefit from the development of trade exchanges with Africa.”

Ireland’s National TV and Radio Broadcaster (RTE) stated that the Irish government has committed to opening three new embassies in North and West Africa by 2025, including in Rabat this year.

Speaking on the occasion of World Africa Day, the head of the Irish diplomacy said that his country’s presence in the African continent will be strengthened in the coming years, “through the growth of trade and investment in both directions.”

The minister pointed out that his country’s election to the membership of the United Nations Security Council “enabled Ireland to deepen our contribution to peace and security in Africa”.

According to the Irish website, this week the Minister will present to the government a report detailing the first year of implementation of the strategy of the Republic of Ireland in Africa.

The report revealed that Ireland’s exports to Africa amounted to 4.85 billion euros in 2019, an increase of 36 percent compared to 2018.

Last year marked the 60th anniversary of Ireland’s presence in Africa with the opening of a consulate in Nigeria.

Coveney recalled that in 2020, Ireland became a member of the African Development Bank “to support inclusive economic growth in Africa, as well as to promote sustainable development” in the continent.

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The Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Dublin, is organizing, via videoconference, the Moroccan Economic Week in Ireland in cooperation with “Enterprise Ireland”, the Irish Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) and the Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce, from March 29th to April 10th, 2021.

The Moroccan Economic Week in Ireland is an opportunity for investors from both countries to discover investment opportunities in Morocco, especially in the sectors of agricultural technology, aviation, logistics, clean technologies, education and finance. This event also aims to create a platform for exchanging knowledge, sharing experiences between Moroccan and Irish investors, and introducing Morocco as a gateway to the African market par excellence.

The official inauguration of the Moroccan Economic Week will be held in Ireland by Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Minister of Industry, Trade, Green and Digital Economy, and Simon Coveney T.D, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade.

Lahcen Mahraoui, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Dublin, Mehdi Tazi, Vice President of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), along with Hicham Boudraa, Director General of the Moroccan Investment and Export Development Agency (AMDIE) will also participate in this opening.

The event will be attended, on the Irish side, by Irish Secretary of State for Trade Promotion in charge of corporate regulation, Mr. Robert Troy TD, Ahmad R. Younis, Secretary General and CEO of the Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce, Mike Hogan, Middle East and North Africa Director for Enterprise Ireland, and Peter Finan, Director of the Support Legal Office.

Participants in the Moroccan Economic Week in Ireland will be able to attend a series of virtual seminars by a group of Moroccan and Irish experts who will review the various aspects of their sectors in order to monitor investment opportunities in the Kingdom.

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While the opening of an embassy is predicted for this year, Ireland has just appointed its first ambassador to Morocco.

The government of the Republic of Ireland has appointed James McIntyre as head of its future embassy in Rabat. It is one of two new diplomatic missions created by the Irish executive, alongside the Consulate General in Manchester.

These missions are part of the Global Ireland program which will bring the country’s network of diplomatic missions to 95 offices by the end of the year.

James McIntyre is currently Director in the Ireland, UK and Americas Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs where he has accumulated 30 years of experience.

In Rabat, he will also serve as Ambassador of Tunisia and Mauritania. He will join the teams of the two honorary consulates of Ireland in Casablanca and Agadir.

It is noted that the announcement of a new Irish embassy in Morocco was made in June 2018, and was later confirmed in a tweet posted in early September by the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs.

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