Morocco, which has experienced since 2011 important transitions, reinforced by its African economic policy, appears to Seoul as a gateway for Korean companies to Africa, said Keeyong who was speaking at the opening of a seminar organized by the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) in collaboration with the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), on the occasion of 60 years of diplomatic and economic relations between South Korea and the Kingdom of Morocco.
This seminar, initiated under the theme “Morocco-South Korea: an Afro-Asian partnership is being built”, was an opportunity for Keeyong to stress that Morocco and South Korea have accumulated during these 60 years a solid relationship based on trust, recalling that the two countries have also cooperated in the fight against covid-19, with more than 100,000 covid-19 test kits and masks produced in Korea transferred to Morocco, in addition to the generous gesture of HM King Mohammed VI, allowing 216 Koreans stranded in Morocco to return safely to their country.
For her part, Nouzha Chekrouni, Senior Fellow at PCNS, highlighted the importance of building a fruitful partnership between Morocco and South Korea, especially in the areas of sustainable development, renewable energy and new technologies.
Chairman of KIEP, Kim Heung Chong said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in July 1962, ties between Rabat and Seoul have evolved considerably in all areas.
He also recalled that the Korean embassy in Rabat is the first permanent diplomatic representation of Seoul on the African continent, adding that Seoul pursues a foreign policy that synthesizes economic internationalism and geopolitical isolationism, and considers Morocco as a privileged entry point for its investments in Africa.
