Common BMENA-G8 vision crowns Forum for the Future - FM.Summary: The sixth session of the Forum for the Future, which wrapped up on Tuesday in Marrakech (320 km south of Rabat Rabat (räbät`), city (1994 pop. 787,745), capital of Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Bou Regreg estuary, opposite Salé. ), was crowned with a common vision and a declaration voicing the common will to build an equal partnership between the G8 and the BMENA BMENA Broader Middle East and North Africa countries. The sixth session of the Forum for the Future, which wrapped up on Tuesday in Marrakech (320 km south of Rabat), was crowned with a common vision and a declaration voicing the common will to build an equal partnership between the G8 and the BMENA countries. The remarks were given Tuesday by Morocco's Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi Fihri, at joint press conference with Italian Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini Franco Frattini (born 14 March 1957 in Rome) is an Italian politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security. He is also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission. , at the end of the two-day international conference, co-chaired by Morocco and Italy. AaAaAa Fassi Fihri said the forum, marked by a broad, high-level participation, was the suitable space to establish a dialogue based on mutual respect between G8 and BMENA countries, noting that "everyone agrees today that the Forum has become an event in the region." AaAaAa The most important thing, he stressed, "is to come up with recommendations, proposals and an agreement on consolidating dialogue during the coming months under the co-chairmanship of Morocco and Italy." Aa AaAaAa The minister also recalled the financial, economic and social context in which the Forum takes place, and the deplorable de·plor·a·ble adj. 1. Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach: a deplorable act of violence. 2. situation in the Palestinian occupied territories This article is about occupied territory in general: for more specific discussion of the territories captured by Israel in the Six-Day War, see Israeli-occupied territories. Occupied territories , as well as the provocative acts by the Israeli army around the Al Aqsa mosque mosque (mŏsk), building for worship used by members of the Islamic faith. Muhammad's house in Medina (A.D. 622), with its surrounding courtyard and hall with columns, became the prototype for the mosque where the faithful gathered for prayer. . AaAaAa He said these conditions have led governments to meet in this Forum, adding that the meeting has allowed the Moroccan delegation to strongly voice the position of HM king Mohammed VI and of the Moroccan people with regard to this issue. AaAaAa The final statement, Fassi Fihri said, includes a section on the Middle East to "show our partners in the G8 that it is impossible to push the other to develop, while their country is being occupied," adding that all the operations that run counter to peace are very likely to create natural sentiments in Muslims and Arabs. AaAaAa The minister underlined the need to find a final settlement of the Middle East conflict, and of creating a viable and sovereign Palestinian State The Palestinian state (Arabic (دولة فلسطين) is a proposed country. The proposed location includes the Gaza Strip and the autonomously controlled areas of the West Bank, currently controlled by the Palestinian National with Al Quds as its capital. AaAaAa The choice of Morocco to hold, for the second time, this large-scale meeting mirrors the pertinence of the choices of the north African North Africa A region of northern Africa generally considered to include the modern-day countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. North African adj. & n. Adj. 1. kingdom that are based on a participatory approach spearheaded by HM the king. AaAaAa For his part, the Italian Foreign Minister renewed the commitment of G8 and BMENA countries to working together to take up the challenges of education between the Arab world “Arab States” redirects here. For the political alliance, see Arab League. The Arab World (Arabic: العالم العربي; Transliteration: al-`alam al-`arabi) stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the and the G8, of climate change, of the environment and of the fallouts of the economic and financial crunch. AaAa Franco Frattini proposed certain measures and initiatives aimed mainly at creating the BMENA G8 Gender Institute that rests on close cooperation, in addition to the setting up of two cooperation networks on education.Aa Aa Copyright UMCI News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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