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Moroccan King congratulates Macron on winning French election

Xinhua, May 8, 2017 Adjust font size:

Morocco's King Mohammed VI congratulated Emmanuel Macron who won the French Presidential election on Sunday.

In a congratulatory message to Macron, the king said partnership between Morocco and France, under the presidency of Macron, "will gain in depth and intensity."

"The French-Moroccan partnership will, as always, pursue the same ideals: peace, security, openness to the other and dialogue between cultures and civilizations," the king stressed, welcoming the alliance between the two countries in the fight against terrorism.

The Moroccan King also voiced willingness to work with President Macron to "consolidate this exemplary cooperation so that we take up the multiple challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean space and the Sahel-Saharan region." Enditem