Mrs. Nadia FETTAH, Minister of Economy and Finance received, in the morning of Monday March 14th 2022 at the headquarters of the Ministry, Mr. Kazuhiko KOGUCHI, Secretary General of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
During this meeting, the Minister stressed the quality of relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and the EBRD and emphasized the EBRD’s support since 2012 to the Kingdom's economic development efforts. In this respect, the Minister underscored the readiness of the Moroccan government to pursue efforts to further develop cooperation with the Bank.
Mrs. FETTAH also welcomed the upcoming 31st session of the annual meeting of the EBRD to be held in Marrakech between May 10th and 12th 2022, which demonstrates, once again, the confidence that Morocco enjoys with its international partners, especially in its ability to host and organize events of international importance.
Within this framework, the Minister welcomed the progress of the preparations and the quality of collaboration between the Ministry's team and that of the Bank. In addition, Mrs. FETTAH reassured the Secretary General of the mobilization of all the necessary means for the success of this event, which will be one of the first international institutional events organized in Morocco after the pandemic crisis.
As for Mr. KOGUCHI, the EBRD's annual meeting is an opportunity to demonstrate the Bank's commitment to the countries in which it operates and to discuss ways to strengthen their economies, especially after two years of pandemic and the current international crisis.
The holding of the EBRD event in Morocco, underlines Mr. KOGUCHI, demonstrates the resilience of this country and highlights its attractiveness as a business hub and tourist destination of first order. At the end of this meeting, the Minister and the Secretary General of the EBRD proceeded to the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Morocco and the EBRD relating to the organization of the 2022 edition of the Bank's annual meeting in Marrakech.
As a reminder, the EBRD's Annual Meeting is an annual event organized in one of the 38 countries in which the Bank invests, and attended by official delegations led by the Ministers of Economy and Finance, business and international finance leaders and representatives of civil society.