reviewed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans residing abroad, Mr. “Nasser Bourita”, with his counterpart, Chinese Foreign Minister “Wang Yi”, in a meeting with them in Beijing. The recent initiatives announced by King Mohammed VI, especially those aimed at promoting stability,

security and economic prosperity of the African countries bordering the Atlantic Ocean, and the initiative to strengthen the access of the Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean on December 23, 2023. The African Sahel countries in Marrakesh to establish a national team in each country, to prepare and propose ways to activate an international initiative of King Mohammed VI, to benefit the Sahel countries from the Atlantic Ocean.

Bourita also reviewed “The Strategic Project of the Morocco-Nigeria Gas Pipeline” To promote regional integration and stimulate economic development along the African Atlantic coast and beyond.” The agreement is due to the launch of the gas pipeline project linking Morocco and Nigeria, during the state visit by King Mohammed VI to Nigeria, in December 2016. The tube will pass through Benin, Togo, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone, as well as Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania. 5,660 kilometers, and will build stages to respond to the growing need of the countries from which it will cross into Europe.