Moroccan ambassador Youssef Amrani discusses ties with Washington in Virginia
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Maroc Diplomatique
Morocco’s ambassador to the United States, Youssef Amrani, discussed Moroccan-American relations with students and researchers at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He recalled that Morocco was the first country to recognise the emerging United States in 1777 and presented the strategic partnership between Rabat and Washington.
Morocco’s ambassador to the United States, Youssef Amrani, presented Moroccan-American relations at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville as a partnership set to place innovation, knowledge and younger generations at the heart of its future development. He recalled that Morocco was, in 1777, the first country to recognise the emerging United States, according to Maroc Diplomatique.
Youssef Amrani also discussed the offer made in 1821 by Sultan Moulay Slimane to the United States of a building in Tangier intended for its diplomatic representation. As the 250th anniversary of relations between the two countries approaches, the ambassador called for this historical legacy to be transformed into a lever for regional stability and shared prosperity, Maroc Diplomatique reports.
During a nearly two-hour conference and discussion with students, researchers and academic experts, Youssef Amrani also presented Morocco’s historical and cultural diversity as a factor of national cohesion. He linked this distinctiveness to a process of institutional modernisation and economic reforms carried out under the reign of King Mohammed VI, according to Maroc Diplomatique.
