Rabat – King Mohammed VI wrote to Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sissi on Saturday, congratulating him on the 70th anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.
Speaking on the Moroccan people’s behalf in the letter, the Moroccan sovereign expressed “warm congratulations and sincere wishes for the Egyptian people to achieve the progress and prosperity they aspire for.”
“I also take it as a good opportunity to express to Your Excellency my pride in the close fraternal relations that unite the Kingdom of Morocco and the Arab Republic of Egypt,” the letter said.
The king also lauded “the steady development of the cooperative relations” between Egypt and Morocco, expressing hope to see the two countries expand their cooperation in a wide range of fields. July 23 commemorates the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, which saw the Free Officers Movement, led by Mohamed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser, overthrow King Farouk.
The revolution led to the establishment of Egypt as a republic and the ending of British occupation, stoking a wave of revolutionary politics in other Arab countries and escalating the march of decolonisation.
The early successes of the revolution encouraged other nationalist movements in other countries, inspiring many nationalist resistance movements and bringing down several other colonial systems.
