Rabat – Morocco’s ambassador to Egypt and permanent representative of Morocco at the League of Arab States, Ahmed Tazi, chaired a rehearsal meeting this afternoon in Cairo in preparation for the 6th annual Russian-Arab cooperation forum.
The forum will take place in Marrakech on December 15.
The schedule for the meeting was revealed following a meeting between Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov during the Paris International Conference on Libya on November 12.
The Russian-Arab cooperation forum is an annual event that brings together ministers from Russia and member states of the League of Arab States to discuss strategic goals and future bilateral and multilateral cooperation between Russian and Arab countries.
Among topics to be discussed at the Marrakech forum agenda are the Palestinian and Syrian crises, the situation in Lybia and Yemen, as well as some of the other high-profile international and regional crises.
Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Abou El Gheit, officially invited all Arab states to join the forum in Morocco’s Marrakech.
It remains to be seen whether Algeria will take part in the event, given the rising tensions between Rabat and Algiers in recent weeks.
Algeria announced severing all diplomatic ties with Morocco in August. The decision was then followed by Algeria’s termination of the gas pipeline contract supplying Spain with gas through Morocco.
Algeria cited “hostile” actions by Morocco, while Morocco repeatedly denied what it described as “unfounded” and “fallacious” accusations.
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