On Saturday, the Red City will host a ministerial coordination meeting on King Mohammed VI’s international initiative to provide the Sahel region with a direct pathway to the Atlantic Ocean, with Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Chad leading the way.
This initiative was announced on the 48th anniversary of the Green March in the Royal Address to the Nation.
The Royal proposal, within this framework, seeks to enable landlocked Sahel nations to use the Kingdom’s road and port infrastructure.
In his advocacy for this plan, the King explicitly stated that Morocco is willing to place its road, port, and rail infrastructure at the disposal of its sister nations.
The sovereign made it clear that the problems and difficulties facing African countries in the Sahel region will not be solved by security and military measures alone, but rather by an approach based on cooperation and shared development.
The successful implementation necessitates updating each and every aforementioned Sahel nation’s infrastructure and linking them to regional transportation and communication networks.
The initiative will provide unparalleled prospects for brainstorming solutions which promote regional integration, achieve upward socioeconomic mobility, and improve the overall quality of life for inhabitants of all Sahel/Saharan nations. This strategy–based on innovation and integration–strives to foster regional stability and security.
Foreign Ministers from the aforementioned Sahel nations will attend this forum in Marrakech, with Nasser Bourita–Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates–as the facilitator.