When he got off the plane at Mohammed V international airport in Casablanca, the Chinese head of state was welcomed by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan. Subsequently, he was greeted by the head of government, Aziz Akhannouch, before reviewing a detachment of the Royal Guard which paid the honors.
The crown prince and the Chinese president were then greeted by the wali of the Casablanca-Settat region, governor of the prefecture of Casablanca, Mohamed Mhidia, the president of the Council of the Casablanca-Settat region, Abdellatif Maâzouz, the governor of the province of Nouaceur, Jalal Benhayoun, the president of the Provincial Council of Nouaceur, Mohammed Salmani, and the president of the commune of Nouaceur, Abdelaziz Radi.
The crown prince and the Chinese president were also greeted by Li Changlin, Chinese ambassador to Morocco, Zhou Zhicheng, minister counselor at the Chinese embassy, Xia Kelin, military attaché at the Chinese embassy, and Zheng Wei, counselor economic and commercial at the Chinese Embassy.
At the entrance to the airport’s VIP lounge, the Chinese head of state, who is accompanied by a delegation including Cai Qi, member of the standing committee of the political bureau and general director of the Party central committee Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, and Hua Chunying, vice minister of Foreign Affairs, were invited to the traditional ceremony of offering of milk and dates.
After a brief break in the VIP lounge, the official procession headed to the Chinese president’s residence in the Kingdom’s economic capital.
This visit illustrates the depth of the relations of friendship, cooperation and solidarity uniting the two peoples of Morocco and China, thanks to the common will of the heads of state of the two countries, King Mohammed VI and Xi Jinping, to move forward to consolidate the Sino-Moroccan strategic partnership sealed during the Sovereign’s last visit to China in May 2016.
Par Le360 (with MAP)
11/21/2024 at 8:45 p.m.
