King Mohamed VI of Morocco, on Tuesday arrived in Saudi Arabia, the first step of a tour that will also take him to Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait and Jordan.
The Moroccan monarch is accompanied by a high-powered delegation including advisors and government members, who immediately started a series of meetings with Saudi officials.
Morocco and Saudi Arabia enjoy strong and sisterly relations characterized by continuity, and grounded on constant and shared visions, on genuine friendship, wise and balanced policies followed by the two countries at both bilateral and international levels.
The special status enjoyed by the two kingdoms in the Arab world and their geographical and strategic locations are additional symbols of the closeness of the links between the two countries.
The appeal made to Morocco in Riyadh by the summit of the member countries of the Council for Cooperation in the Gulf (CCG) to become a member of this grouping and the meetings that followed this appeal, in order to put in place a strategic partnership between Morocco and CCG members states reflect this tendency to work toward the strengthening of the special Morocco-Saudi relations.
But beyond the harmony between Morocco and Saudi Arabia, the monarch’s visit buttresses the virtuous process marking the old-age relations between the Moroccan kingdom and states of the Gulf. It also is the combination of historical deeds and political, economic and geo-strategic development between Morocco and these sisterly nations.
Besides, Morocco, which has successfully given the adequate response to the political changes occurring in the Arab world, represents a model for the other Arab countries and a bridge with the foreign world, particularly the West, with which the Moroccan kingdom has relations based on trust and balanced cooperation.