Rabat – Morocco will lend its expertise to Togo in launching its Social and Economic Council (CES) in Aneho, near the southern border with Benin.
Earlier in the week, a working session between a CES delegation and the Moroccan Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) took place. Secretary-General of CESE Younes Benakki led the Moroccan delegation. He also is the secretary-general of the Union of Economic and Social Councils of Africa (UCESA).
Christian Trimua, the Togolese minister of human rights, led the work session. Trimua cited Morocco’s leadership of the UCESA as the reason for choosing to work with the North African country.
“This way, we kill two birds with a stone, through the UCESA, and we will at the same time have access to 19 comparative experiences,” said Trimua.
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On December 4, the Togolese government expressed its support for Morocco after the tensions in Guerguerat in Morocco’s southern provinces. On the occasion, Togo’s foreign ministry sent a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad to announce its position on the matter.
Togo was also one of the countries present at the conference on the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara that Morocco and the US hosted in January.
Furthermore, Togo will be one of the countries to benefit from the launch of the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project. The pipeline is set to supply 13 countries, Togo being among them.
King Mohammed VI sent a message of congratulations to Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe on his re-election in February 2020, stressing the strong ties that link the two countries in terms of diplomacy as well as human connection.
“Morocco is not alone. We were, are and always will be on its side,” said the Togolese foreign minister in 2015 at a meeting in Rabat after the inauguration of Togo’s embassy in the Moroccan capital.
