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The King Mohammed VI started Guinea-Bissau an official visit within extraordinary and warm greetings,
16 partnership agreements in the different areas of cooperation where signed
Moroccan monarch King Mohammed VI arrived, on Thursday in Bissau, for an official visit to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau as part of an African tour that will also lead the Sovereign to Côte d’Ivoire and Gabon.
At the Osvaldo Vieira international airport of Bissau, the King Mhammed VI was greeted by Guinea-Bissau’s president José Mario Vaz.
The two leaders headed for the VIP stand to salute the flags while the national anthems of both countries were playing. A 21-gun salute was fired to welcome the sovereign.
Moroccan Sovereign was then greeted by Guinea-Bissau’s prime minister, government members, high-ranking army officers, members of the presidential office, heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Bissau, representatives of religious communities and traditional chiefs.
José Mario Vaz was afterwards greeted by members of the official delegation accompanying HM the King and composed notably of the King’s advisors Fouad Ali El Himma and Yassir Zenagui.
The Moroccan official delegation includes also foreign minister Salaheddine Mezouar, endowments and Islamic affairs minister Ahmed Toufiq, agriculture and fisheries minister Aziz Akhannouch, equipment, transportation and logistics minister Aziz Rabbah, health minister El Hossein El Ouardi, energy, mining, water and environment minister Abdelkader Aamara, tourism minister Lahcen Haddad, and handicraft minister Fatema Marouane, in addition to several directors of public and semi-public bodies.
After a short break at the airport VIP lounge, the official procession headed for the presidential palace.
HM King Mohammed VI held, on Thursday at the presidential palace in Bissau, talks with president of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau José Mario Vaz.
HM King Mohammed VI meets with Guinea-Bissau’s President
On this occasion, HM the King awarded the Al Mohammadi Wissam of exceptional rank to Guinea-Bissau’s president. And José Mario Vaz also granted HM the King the “Amilcar Cabral” medal, the highest decoration in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
The President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, José Mario Vaz has offered an official lunch in honor of his distinguished guest the King Mohammed VI.
From his side, The King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Guinea-Bissau’s head of state José Mario Vaz, handed, on Thursday at the presidential palace in Bissau, breeding equipment granted by Morocco to preserve Guinea-Bissau’s livestock.
This donation, granted by the Mohammed VI Foundation for Sustainable Development, is made of veterinary products to support Guinea-Bissau in developing its animal resources.
On this occasion, HM the King and president José Mario Vaz were given details on the equipment by Bernardo Cassama, director of breeding at Guinea Bissau’s ministry of agriculture and rural development, who voiced his country’s gratitude for this royal gesture.
This initiative stems from the growing awareness of the role of the agriculture and breeding sector in food security, the promotion of economic and social development and the will to reinforce prospects for bilateral cooperation for the interest and the shared goals of the two countries’ agricultural sectors.
These veterinary products will help protect the livestock (cheep, cattle, goats, poultry) against contagious diseases through vaccines, in addition to the amelioration of productivity.
They are also meant to fight against diseases transmissible to humans.
Afterward, HM King Mohammed VI and Guinea-Bissau’s head of state José Mario Vaz chaired, on the sale day the signing ceremony of 16 partnership agreements in the different areas of cooperation.
They are:
– An agreement on security and local governance between the two countries’ interior ministries, signed by foreign minister Salaheddine Mezouar and minister of domestic administration Octavio Inocencio Alves.
– An agreement on visa abolition for holders of diplomatic, service or special passports, inked by Mezouar and minister of foreign affairs, international cooperation and communities Mario Lopes Da Rosa.
– An agreement on non-double taxation and tax evasion regarding income taxes, signed by Mezouar and Mario Lopes Da Rosa.
– An agreement on investment encouragement and reciprocal protection, inked by Mezouar and Mario Lopes Da Rosa.
– A draft agreement on justice, signed by Mezouar and justice minister Carmelita Pires.
– A cooperation agreement on fisheries and aquaculture, signed by agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch and state secretary for fisheries and maritime economy Ildefonso de Barros.
– A cooperation agreement on agriculture signed by Aziz Akhannouch and minister of culture and rural development Joao Anibal Pereira.
– A Morocco-Guinea Bissau-FAO tripartite agreement as part of south-south cooperation, signed by Akhannouch and Joao Anibal Pereira, and on FAO’s side by Joachim Laubhouet-Akadie.
– A framework technical cooperation agreement on infrastructure, signed by equipment minister Aziz Rabbah and José Antonio Cruz Almeida, minister of civil engineering, construction and urbanism.
– A cooperation agreement on health signed by health minister El Houssaine Louardi and public health minister Valentina Mendes.
– A framework cooperation agreement on mining signed by energy and mining minister Abdelkader Amara and minister of natural resources Daniel Gomes.
– An agreement on handicraft and social and solidarity-based economy signed by handicraft minister Fatema Marouane and minister of women, family and social cohesion Blony Nhama Namtamba Nhasse.
– An agreement between the national office for electricity and drinking water (ONEE) and Guinea-Bissau’s electricity and water company (EAGB), signed by ONEE director general Ali Fassi Fihri and EAGB director general René Barros.
– A partnership agreement on solar energy development between the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy “MASEN” and the ministry of energy and industry signed by Mustapha Bakkoury, chairman of MASEN’s board of directors and Carlos Pinho Brandao director general for energy.
– A cooperation framework agreement on vocational training, signed on the Moroccan side by Larbi Bencheikh, OFPPT head, and Abderrahim Kadmiri, director general of the Moroccan agency for international cooperation, and on Guinea-Bissau’s side by Marcelo Pedro d’Almeida, director general for cooperation.
– A framework agreement on scholarships and internships in Morocco for Guinea-Bissau’s students, executives and technicians, signed by Abderrahim Kadmiri and Marcelo Pedro d’Almeida.
The ceremony was attended by the official delegation accompanying HM the King and members of Guinea-Bissau’s government.
