The Moroccan and Dutch governments signed two Memorandums of Understanding on Wednesday in Rabat to strengthen their bilateral collaboration on the creation of public infrastructure initiatives and renewable energy projects.

The two memorandums which were signed outside the round table “Morocco-Netherlands: Fostering the energy transition for a sustainable future” closing session in the presence of Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and a number of Moroccan and Dutch officials and businessmen, are meant to strengthen cooperation in areas related to sustainable development, public infrastructure, and the energy transition.

To this purpose, Rutte, Joost Oothuizen, Chairman and CEO of “Invest International,” the Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fettah, and others signed a first memorandum on the development and funding of public infrastructure projects in Morocco.

This MoU aims to advance collaboration in areas that are important to both Morocco and Invest International, particularly in the fields of agriculture, water and infrastructure, renewable energy, sustainable industry, and health.

The second pact, which was signed by Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, aims to enhance collaboration in the area of innovative fuels and renewable energy sources.

The agreement will enable the matching of supply and demand in terms of investment and trade between producers of new renewable fuels and purchasers, as well as give mutual support for existing and future international initiatives and alliances connected to renewable energy and new fuels.

The memorandum also aims to encourage research, capacity building, innovation, and academic exchanges while promoting new clean energy sources, particularly offshore wind generation and novel applications for renewable energy sources like saltwater desalination.

Benali praised the strategic energy collaboration between the two nations in a statement to the media, noting that it has been further strengthened by the signing of a memorandum of understanding on energy transition, new energies, and energy efficiency.

She emphasized the Moroccan and Dutch infrastructures in this area and said that this conference is a great chance to reiterate the value of the sharing of knowledge between Morocco and the Netherlands and the exchange of investments in support of economic development.

In addition, she emphasized the significance of regional and global integration in energy markets, including upcoming energy markets, and welcomed the successful visit of the high-level Dutch delegation from the public and commercial sectors.

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Rabat – The Netherlands has welcomed Morocco’s “very positive” commitment in favor of peace in Libya, following the meeting of the 6+6 Joint Commission, which reached a compromise on the laws governing the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for the end of the year in this country.

The Dutch embassy in Rabat tweeted on Wednesday, following the meeting in Bouznika of the commission charged by the Libyan House of Representatives and the High Council of State to create the electoral legislation, “The Netherlands welcomes this very positive compromise in favor of peace in Libya.”

After two weeks of negotiations in Morocco, the 6+6 joint commission declared on Tuesday night that its members had come to an agreement on the regulations governing the presidential and parliamentary elections.

In order to maintain the unity, stability, and advancement of Libya, Morocco is continuing its efforts to find a permanent solution to the country’s issue. Morocco also supports Libya’s attempts to hold elections within a comprehensive, inclusive, and practical framework.

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Morocco’s 2007 autonomy plan, the Netherlands said on Wednesday, was a “serious and credible contribution to the United Nations-sponsored political process” to resolve the Sahara issue.

The Netherlands is clearly engaged in the international dynamic in support of Morocco’s autonomy initiative to end the contrived dispute over Morocco and the Sahara, as expressed in a joint statement issued following talks between Mr. Nasser Bourita, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation of Africa, and Moroccans Abroad, and his Dutch counterpart, Mr. Wopke Hoekstra.

Thus, the Hague’s new position comes in the context of the United States’, Germany’s, Spain’s, and even the Philippines’ backing for Morocco’s autonomy initiative in 2007, which they see as the ultimate and final basis for resolving the conflict.

The Netherlands and Morocco reaffirmed their support for Staffan de Mistura, the Secretary-Personal General’s Envoy for Sahara, and his efforts to resume “a political process aimed at achieving a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution,” in accordance with Security Council resolutions as well as the Charter’s purposes and principles, in a joint statement issued after Mr. Bourita and Hoekstra’s talks.

Mr. Bourita met with the head of Dutch diplomacy on the margins of the global coalition against ISIS’s ministerial conference in Marrakech on Wednesday.

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The Dutch daily “NRC” elected King Mohammed VI as “Personality of the Week”, after instructions His Majesty issued in favor of members of the Moroccan community residing abroad, to reduce the prices of travel tickets and facilitate the procedures of their return to their home country.

The Dutch newspaper said that King Mohammed VI instructed airlines to set affordable prices to enable millions of Moroccans around the world to visit their country and see their families, as the describing the King’s decision as “heroic”.

In the same context, NRC added that His Majesty’s decision and instructions contributed to reducing the prices of airline tickets from thousands of euros to 100-150 euros. This resulted in 120,000 reservations within 24 hours at Royal Air Maroc (RAM).

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