Minister Swaray Meets Morocco’s Parliament Speaker to Strengthen Bilateral Ties
Salamatu Y. Kamara Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Rahman Swaray, has paid a courtesy call on the President of Morocco’s House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Touizi, in Rabat, where they discussed strengthening parliamentary relations and expanding cooperation in trade and education.
In a statement following the meeting, Swaray said they discussed strengthening ties between their parliaments and expanding cooperation in trade and education.
“I paid a courtesy call on the Rt. Hon. Ahmed Touizi, President of Morocco’s House of Representatives, in Rabat. We discussed strengthening ties between our parliaments and expanding cooperation in trade and education.”
The Minister thanked President Touizi for his warm welcome and reaffirmed Sierra Leone’s commitment to its longstanding friendship with Morocco.
“I thanked him for his warm welcome and reaffirmed Sierra Leone’s commitment to our longstanding friendship with Morocco.”
Sierra Leone and Morocco share decades of diplomatic, economic and cultural ties, with Morocco remaining one of Sierra Leone’s key partners in North Africa in areas including education, agriculture, infrastructure and Islamic affairs.
Over the years, hundreds of Sierra Leonean students have benefited from Moroccan scholarships, while both countries have continued to collaborate within the African Union and other multilateral platforms on issues of regional integration, security and development.
The meeting in Rabat is seen as part of Sierra Leone’s broader diplomatic push to strengthen parliamentary diplomacy, using direct engagement between legislatures to complement government-to-government relations.