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Join on Telegram Rabat – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has reiterated his country’s support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, stressing Ankara’s desire to maintain warm and “brotherly” diplomatic relations with Rabat.
Speaking on Wednesday during a joint conference with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita, the Turkish official reaffirmed Ankara’s long-standing position on Morocco’s sovereignty over its territories.
“I would like to reiterate Turkey’s principled position in favor of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of countries, and reaffirm Turkey’s support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of brotherly Morocco,” Cavusoglu said.
Cavusoglu stressed that during his meeting with Bourita, they discussed bilateral relations and ways to further increase cooperation, mainly in trade and regional issues such as the Libyan crisis.
The Bourita-Cavusoglu meeting was held on the sidelines of the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition against Daesh in Marrakech.
The high-level meeting was held this week for the first time in an African country, testifying to Moroco’s pursuit of international commitment to counter-terrorism and extremism while collaborating with other countries to face terrorist threats worldwide and in the MENA region.
The Turkish minister also said that the meeting, which brought together over 80 countries, comes at an “important time,” in light of the continuing emerging threat of terrorist organizations in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Sahel region in Africa.
“Peace, stability, and prosperity of the Sahel Region and North Africa are indispensable for the stability of the Mediterranean, Africa, the Middle East, and even Europe,” he stressed.
Meanwhile, Moroccan FM Bourita said that the North African country “appreciates Turkey’s position on the Western Sahara dispute,” noting that the bilateral meeting was an opportunity to exchange on many international and regional issues, saying that Turkey is an “active actor in many international organizations.”
In terms of bilateral economic cooperation, he highlighted that Morocco and Turkey “agreed to create new opportunities for the private sector as well.”
Like Turkey, many countries that took part in the Global Coalition meeting in Marrakech reiterated their support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan and sovereignty over its southern territories.
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