The King chaired an audience to receive a group of foreign ambassadors in Morocco, including the new US ambassador.
Rabat – King Mohammed VI received the newly appointed American ambassador to Morocco David Fischer at the royal palace in Rabat today, January 22.
The US diplomat met this morning with Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita, who received his credentials to officially begin duties in Rabat.
“US-Morocco relations are historic, strategic, and growing,” the ambassador stated.
Fischer added that he looks forward to strengthening the partnership between Morocco and the US in order to enhance the prosperity and security of the two countries.
In addition to the US ambassador, the King also received credentials from other foreign envoys.
The full list of ambassadors who handed credentials to the monarch is as follows:
Darm Boontham, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand,
Hasrul Azwar, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia,
Maria Del Pilar Gomez Valderrama, Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia,
Félix Arturo Chipoco Caceda, Ambassador of the Republic of Peru,
Hamid Asghar Khan, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
Shambhu S. Kumaran, Ambassador of the Republic of India,
Yuri Sterk, Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria,
Raul Ignacio Guastavino, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic,
Pekka Hyvönen, Ambassador of the Republic of Finland,
Fahad Ibrahim Al Hamad Al Mana, Ambassador of the State of Qatar,
Mohemad Mahmoud Ben Labat, Ambassador of the Republic of Mali,
Hélène Le Gal, Ambassador of the French Republic,
Ian Montclair Qeeley, Ambassador, Representative of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States,
Nicolas Argyros, Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic,
Guillaume Scheurer, Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation,
Salomon Nfa Ndong Nseng, Ambassador of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea,
Julio Glinternick Bitelli, Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil,
Javier Domokos Ruiz, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba,
Sylver Aboubakar Minko Mi-Nseme, Ambassador of the Gabonese Republic,
Sheikh Habimana Saleh, Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda,
Mabel Del Pilar Gomez Oliver, Ambassador of the United Mexican States,
Abdelhamid Abdaoui, Ambassador of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria,
Baltazar Diogo Cristovao, Ambassador of the Republic of Angola,
Nell Stewart, Ambassador of Canada,
Monica Renata Bolanos Perez, Ambassador of the Republic of Guatemala,
Bernardo Luis de Carvalho Futscher Pereira, Ambassador of the Republic of Portugal.
The monarch also received Tran Quoc Thuy, Ambassador of Vietnam, and Baba Garba, Ambassador of Nigeria, marking the end of their missions in the Kingdom.
The King awarded the Alawite Wissam of the Order of Grand Officer to Tran Quoc Thuy, and the Alawite Wissam of the Order of Commander to Baba Garba.