The US-Arab Chamber of Commerce (USACC) granted, on December 11, the “Ambassador of the Yr” award to His Majesty the King’s Ambassador to the US Lalla Joumala Alaoui, in recognition of her tireless efforts in favor of the consolidation of relations between the 2 nations.
Talking on this event, the Moroccan diplomat famous that this distinction is a tribute to the imaginative and prescient of His Majesty King Mohammed Vl who attaches nice significance to the consolidation of the strategic, diversified partnership between Morocco and the US.
“The Moroccan-American alliance shouldn’t be solely historic and deep, however additionally it is a relationship that has stood the take a look at of time,” pressured the ambassador, noting that on the very coronary heart of this alliance, “there are ladies and men whose relationships have, through the years, enabled the institution of steadfast bridges for alternate and understanding between our two nations.”
The diplomat added that “Morocco’s best useful resource is undoubtedly its folks, which is why His Majesty the King has at all times positioned human growth on the middle of the Kingdom’s insurance policies”.
In an analogous context, Lalla Joumala Alaoui highlighted “the essential position of our nations’ financial actors and personal sectors within the promotion of widespread pursuits and shared prosperity that are the driving drive of any actual partnership.”
Lalla Joumana Alaoui additional defined that Morocco’s robust ties with different African nations provide monumental potential for American corporations, at a time when Africa is witnessing a gradual emergence as a brand new engine of worldwide progress and transferring in direction of a continental free commerce zone.
“The way forward for our bilateral financial and business partnership is promising and in addition that of the Moroccan-American alliance which is able to undoubtedly proceed to prosper,” said the diplomat.
For his half, the principal American assistant secretary on the Bureau of Close to Japanese Affairs, Henry T. Wooster, highlighted the friendship between Morocco and the US, including that the Kingdom is “a bastion of stability ” within the North African area.
Talking on the identical event, the President of the Nationwide US-Arab Chamber of Commerce, David Hamod, pressured in a press release to Maghreb Arab Presse (MAP) that this ceremony is a tribute to a diplomat who has earned the respect and esteem of the neighborhood in Washington, including that it’s a manifestation of the rising relationship between the US and Morocco on numerous ranges.
On an analogous observe the US Ambassador to Morocco, Puneet Talwar, famous that the excellence granted to Lalla Joumala Alaoui is a well-deserved recognition, highlighting her unwavering dedication and her precious contribution to the consolidation of Moroccan-American relations.
In the identical context, Mauritania’s ambassador to the US, Cissé Mint Cheikh Ould Beida, said that Lalla Joumala Alaoui is a “disciplined” ambassador and a mannequin to comply with within the area of diplomacy.
Referring to the human {and professional} qualities of Lalla Joumala Alaoui, the previous American ambassador to Morocco, David T. Fischer highlighted the vital position performed by the diplomat in strengthening relations between Morocco and the US.
One other former American Ambassador who praised Lalla Joumana Alaoui is Dwight Bush, who famous that this distinction is a well-deserved distinction for among the best diplomats in Washington, shedding gentle on the excellence of relations between the 2 nations.
Created in 2004, the excellence granted to the Moroccan ambassador is awarded every year to a member of the Arab diplomatic corps accredited to the US in recognition of their distinctive contribution to the event of American-Arab relations.