Morocco and Azerbaijan signed in Rabat on Monday five agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation in various sectors.
The agreements were signed during the second sessions of the Joint Cooperation Commission. The meeting was co-chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Jeyhun Bayramov.
The agreements and MoUs cover the fields of logistics, energy, environment and sustainable development, labor legislation, health and medical sciences.
A Framework Cooperation Agreement was signed with the aim of establishing mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries in the field of logistics and facilitating and rationalizing logistics flows through the development of logistics centers, the improvement of commercial logistics chains, the development of cooperation between logistics training institutes, and the encouragement of the exchange of logistics expertise and experience.
The second agreement aims to enable the two parties to exchange information with a view to expanding bilateral cooperation in the field of oil and gas, exploring opportunities for cooperation in energy-related services, conducting scientific and technical research of common interest in the field of energy, and cooperating in the field of renewable energies and their optimal use.
The two parties also signed an MoU aimed at developing bilateral cooperation in the field of environmental protection and the reasonable use of natural resources, through the joint implementation of activities in the areas of climate change adaptation, the green economy, the prevention of marine pollution, and environmental and sustainable development learning.
Another MoU on cooperation was signed between Morocco's Ministry of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills and Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population.
It aims to enable the parties to carry out joint activities to ensure the application of labor legislation in both countries, ensure occupational safety and health, settle labor disputes, develop labor market policies, improve the performance of employment services, enhance the quality of the workforce and increase qualifications in the labor market.
Another MoU was signed between Morocco's Ministry of Health and Social Protection and Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Health for cooperation in the field of health and medical science.
It aims to develop cooperation in the field of health and medical science through the exchange of expertise and the sharing of health-related knowledge, the prevention of chronic diseases, raising awareness of diseases, and ensuring access to medical care for people with disabilities.
Separately, Azerbaijan again reaffirmed its "permanent and unwavering" support for Morocco's territorial integrity and the Kingdom's sovereignty over its Sahara.
It expressed its support for the efforts of the United Nations and the Secretary-General's Personal Envoy to achieve a lasting and equitable political solution to the Sahara dispute, based on the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, notably resolution 2703, the Moroccan Autonomy Plan, and serious and credible efforts by Morocco to resolve the conflict.
Relations between Morocco and Azerbaijan have reached a level of excellence, characterized by solidarity, trust, mutual respect, and reciprocal support on issues of vital interest to them.
King Mohammed VI and President Ilham Aliyev are particularly interested in developing and diversifying these relations to the benefit of the prosperity and well-being of both the Moroccan and Azerbaijani peoples.
