Rabat - King Mohammed VI called on Thursday countries of the South to trust themselves and invest their assets and skills in the pursuit of shared progress for their peoples and thus catch up with emerging countries.
"Just as, on an earlier occasion, I pointed out that Africa should learn to trust Africa, today, from this rostrum, I would like to call upon the countries of the South to trust themselves and to invest their assets and skills in the pursuit of shared progress for their peoples and thus catch up with emerging countries," said King Mohammed VI at the opening of the India-Africa forum summit that opened this Thursday in New Delhi.
After recalling that Africa's adhesion to a number of bilateral and continental cooperation forums which are quite useful, although "some of them suffer from overlapping and imbalance, which often result in a lack of commitment and affect their efficiency," the King noted that "Today, Africa deserves fair partnerships, rather than unbalanced relationships and conditional support."
"As I indicated in my address in Abidjan, Africa does not need assistance as much as it needs mutually beneficial partnerships as well as human and social projects", the Sovereign stated noting that "securing a bright future for our peoples is a responsibility that we must shoulder."
"Our countries should continue to work together and uphold the principle of solidarity in order to serve their interests; otherwise, we will, once again, miss a historic opportunity", insisted the Sovereign who warned that "this would be tantamount to a leap into the unknown."
The Moroccan monarch also voiced "appreciation to India and its Prime Minister for making sure this Forum Summit is different from previous ones in terms of its objectives and general orientation as well as the nature of its recommendations and follow-up measures."
With MAP
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