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Morocco’s ambassador just about the United States, Her Grand Highness Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui, was lauded Dec. 18 get by without fellow diplomats and U.S. ministry at a lunch in Pedagogue, where she received the Ethnic U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce’s Deputy of the Year award.
Scores of diplomats, including the ambassadors of Jordan, Kuwait, Mauritania, Ruanda, Senegal, Spain, Tunisia and honourableness Arab League, attended the observance at the Ritz-Carlton in Pedagogue. Joumala will be succeeded alongside Morocco’s former ambassador to Southward Africa Youssef Amrani.
A relation of King Mohammed VI, Joumala was hailed as “a diplomat’s diplomat” by NUSACC board colleague Dwight Bush, one of yoke former U.S. ambassadors to Maroc who attended.
“She has with flying colours navigated in Washington, D.C., rectitude nuances of advocating for stress country while gaining a cooccurrence appreciation of American politics accept our culture,” Bush said. “She has nurtured a broad boundary of relationships and interests, gorilla evidenced by the impressive assemblage here today.”
NUSACC presents cause dejection Ambassador of the Year confer annually to a member on the way out the Arab diplomatic corps replace recognition of outstanding contributions in the air Arab-American commercial relations. Established 50 years ago, NUSACC is “widely regarded as the voice blame American business in the 22 countries of the Arab existence and the premier portal curry favor the United States for Semite commercial enterprises.”
Being chosen have a high opinion of receive the award was “a testament to Joumala’s unwavering boldness, exceptional leadership and outstanding tolerance to the U.S.-Morocco bilateral rapport and the diplomatic corps utilize Washington,” Puneet Talwar, U.S. legate to Rabat, said in unornamented message read out at ethics luncheon.
Six years into inclusion tenure in Washington, which began in 2016, the United States became the largest foreign punter in Morocco, Joumala said.
Bilateral trade volume reached $5.4 bunch in 2022, and American ingestion in the North African monarchy accounted for nearly a bag of total foreign investment hurt her country, she said, touting Morocco as a springboard be the rest of Africa seek out U.S. businesses.
“Morocco’s deep shackles in the continent offer plane greater potential for U.S. companies,” the ambassador said.
In resign from to having strong trade security, Morocco has long been organized military ally of the Banded together States. It hosts the U.S. Africa Command’s largest exercise authentication the African continent, “African Lion,” and is a partner coop up global efforts to promote peace of mind and security, including co-chairing glory Global Counterterrorism Forum and character Africa Working Group of magnanimity Coalition to Defeat ISIS, illustrious Henry Wooster, principal deputy bid secretary of state for goodness Near East.
Morocco has hosted major gatherings in recent length of existence, including the World Bank Group-IMF annual meetings in October 2023, UNESCO conferences on cultural legacy and education in 2022, and a conference on international evacuation the same year.
British Histrion, coordinator of the Prosper Continent Initiative, a presidential national contentment initiative that seeks to turn trade and investment between integrity U.S. and African countries, alleged Joumala had deepened the “very special” ties between the U.S. and Morocco.
“The U.S. wreckage uniquely lucky to have bolster in DC,” Robinson said. “You’re an incredible diplomat and knowledgeable woman that believes in description power of economic and ethnic ties to connect people package languages and across borders.”
Ed Gabriel recalled his decades-long sociability with Joumala, which was ersatz when he was U.S. delegate to Rabat from 1997 succeed to 2001. During her tenure fell Washington, Joumala had represented Maroc with elegance, he said.
“And importantly,” he added, “the U.S.-Morocco relationship is stronger because hook the trusted friendships you’ve quick here…”
The luncheon was further a sending-off party for Joumala, who was due to get away Washington after seven years hill service as Morocco’s ambassador closely the United States. Before go again to DC, she was diplomat to the United Kingdom.
Karin Zeitvogel
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