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Meeting of the Minister of Economy and Finance with the President of the EBRD the day before the 31st Annual Meeting of the Bank scheduled from May 10th to 12th in Marrakech

09/05/2022
Meeting of the Minister of Economy and Finance with the President of the EBRD the day before the 31st Annual Meeting of the Bank scheduled from May 10th to 12th in Marrakech

Mrs. Nadia FETTAH, Minister of Economy and Finance, received Monday, May 9th 2022 Mrs. Odile RENAUD- BASSO, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), accompanied by Mrs. Sarah FOUNTAIN SMITH, Director representing the Kingdom of Morocco on the Bank's Board of Directors.

The meeting took place on the occasion of the 31st  session of the Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the EBRD, which will be held under the High Patronage of HIS MAJESTY THE KING, may God assist him, from May 10th to 12th 2022 in Marrakech, under the theme "Meeting the Challenges in a Turbulent World".

At the meeting, Mrs. Nadia FETTAH and Mrs. Odile RENAUD- BASSO expressed their delight at the organization of this meeting that is being held for the first time in Africa. They recalled the importance of this annual event, which represents an opportunity to discuss the Bank's strategic orientations and to bring together the international business community.

While congratulating themselves on the quality of the relations maintained between Morocco and the EBRD, Mrs. FETTAH and Mrs. RENAUD- BASSO discussed subjects of common interest, in particular, the prospects for the development of financial and technical cooperation as well as the institutional relations between both partners.   

Morocco, a founding member of the EBRD, became in 2012, a country of operations for the Bank. The EBRD has already invested more than €3 billion there, spread over nearly 80 projects.