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New York- Morocco participated, on Wednesday in New York, in the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Deauville Partnership, on the sidelines of the 68th session of the General Assembly of the UN.
The participants in this meeting, chaired by British Foreign Minister William Hague, acknowledged that the “main challenge is to build an inclusive political process to serve as a foundation for democratic societies.”
Initiated in 20011 at the G8 summit, the Deauville Partnership provides support for countries in transition. It includes Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Jordan and Yemen in addition to the G8 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, and the United States), the EU and regional partners (Kuwait, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE).
The Partnership also includes international financial institutions and organizations. The Islamic Development Bank is the rotating chairman of the IFI platform that includes: the African Development Bank, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, the Arab Monetary Fund, the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, the International Monetary Fund, the African Development Bank, the OPEC Fund for International Development, and the World Bank.
There are several other organizations that have been supportive of the Deauville Partnership, including, the Arab League, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the United Nations organizations.
Morocco was represented in this meeting by its Foreign minister Saad Eddine El Otmani.
