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Join on Telegram Casablanca – Morocco’s Permanent Representative at the AU and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNCEA) has reiterated Morocco’s commitment to the AU’s agenda 2063, calling for renewed continental efforts to tackle the continent’s social, political, economic, and security challenges.
Speaking today at the second meeting of the Sub-Committee of Permanent Representatives of the AU (COREP), which was held under the chairmanship of Morocco, Ambassador Mohamed Arrouchi expressed Morocco’s desire to make Africa stronger and more resilient to emerging changes and developments in the world.
Arrouchi emphasized that the aim of today’s meeting was to shed light on the road to take in the current and future socio-economic challenges facing the continent.
Morocco’s regional leadership demonstrates the country’s willingness to infuse a new and expedited dynamic into the committee’s efforts so that they are in step with recent events that have impacted the globe in general and the African continent in particular, Arrouchi added.
For the Moroccan diplomat, the impact of the Ukrainian crisis has hampered the African continent’s post-covid economic recovery, making Africa now, more than ever, confronted with a new economic reality to which it must proactively adapt.
“Our continent is confronted with a new painful economic reality to which we must adjust more than ever,” Arrouchi stated.
He emphasized the need of moving ahead and reflecting on an innovative style of operation of African economies, saying this would help accelerate industrialization, boost regional value chains, and enhance the continent’s business climate and self-sufficiency.
Because Africa is an important player in the global arena in the future, it will need to carve out a place, most notably through the African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA).“Our continent is full of potential and resources that it is only necessary to optimize the exploitation within the framework of a global approach, and pragmatic within a united and integrated block,” said Arrouchi.
During the meeting, the Moroccan official also emphasized that reducing the continent’s reliance on the outside world, particularly in terms of energy, necessitates further expenditures from governments.
The full use of oil and natural gas resources, as well as energy source diversification via the development of solar, wind, marine, hydropower, and geothermal energy are all required investments for Africa.
