Honolulu, December 3, 2012 (MAP)
Honolulu, December 3, 2012 (MAP)
King Mohammed VI’s Week in Hawaii, held from Nov. 28 to Dec. 2 closed on Sunday evening with a dinner offered by the Sovereign to the guests of this event, in presence of the governor of Hawaii, Neil Abercrombie and the members of the Moroccan delegation.
The event was marked by a message of HM the King to the governor, senate and people of Hawaii, in which the monarch affirmed that the tribute paid to him honors, first and foremost, a people and a civilization whose development model was founded on the values of peace, tolerance and dialogue.
These are the values that the American and Moroccan people share and which, together with President Obama, His Majesty has resolved to defend across the world, alongside nations and peoples yearning for a world of peace, fraternity, tolerance and the peaceful resolution of disputes, a world where sustainable human development prevails, the message said.
The sovereign hailed the fact that this event coincides with the first meeting of the Moroccan-US Business Development Conference, due in Washington on December 4, as part of the Moroccan-US dialogue initiated earlier this year, adding that this trend in bilateral cooperation will usher in “promising, far-reaching prospects” for partnership between regions, economic and political actors, civil society organizations, and research centers and universities in Morocco and the US, in addition to giving a new impetus to the Morocco-US free trade agreement signed in 2004.
The Week was marked by the signing of five memorandums of understanding on promoting business partnerships, sharing experience in tourism and academic research and promoting water sports.
The dinner offered by the monarch was attended by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mohamed Ouzzine, Coordinator of Mohammed VI Week in Hawaii, Driss Guerraoui, chairman of the Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer region, Abdelkebir Berkia, general manager of the agency for promoting economic and social development of the southern provinces, Ahmed Hajji, and honorary consul of Morocco in Honolulu, Jan Rumi and Morocco’s ambassador in Washington, Rachad Bouhlal.
