Rabat – Morocco’s Consul General in Montreal M’hamed Ifriquine met Quebec’s Deputy Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie, Sylvie Barcelo on February 9 to discuss means to strengthen cooperative relations between Morocco and Quebec.
During the working meeting, Ifriquine and Barcelo focused on ways to boost bilateral relations to serve the interest of both countries.
The two officials expressed satisfaction with the current bilateral cooperation in education and training, highlighting the growing number of Moroccan students in Quebec universities.
They also conveyed their readiness to expand cooperation to include vocational training.
Ifriquine underlined that Morocco’s long-standing relations with the French-speaking province are an essential part of Moroccan-Canadian relations, particularly in trade, education, and culture.
The Moroccan representative said he aims to boost Morocco-Canada relations in promising sectors, such as automotive, aeronautics, new information technologies, and clean energies.
He also highlighted Morocco’s active engagement in Africa and its commitment to uplift economic and social development across the continent, particularly through the promotion of investments and long-term partnerships.
Meanwhile, the Quebec representative emphasized that the Quebec government opened a representative office in Rabat by virtue of an agreement signed on June 22, 2018.
Among the existing representation offices of Quebec abroad, Rabat’s office is the first representative office in North Africa and the third in Africa.
The Rabat office helps strengthen the close cooperation that today covers several sectors, such as education, clean and renewable energy, entrepreneurship, science and innovation, as well as agribusiness, Barcelo concluded.
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