Speaking at the function
marking his appointment at hotel Yak & Yeti on 16 November,
2007, the newly appointed Honorary Consul said that despite
establishing diplomatic relations in 1975, initiations and
exploration in areas of cooperation, potential business opportunities
between the two nations remained inadequate.
"We stand to learn from the experience of Morocco particularly
in the area of development of human resources, mining, food
processing, leather technology, fertilizer and tourism promotion",
Chaudhary said. "Morocco is a major tourist destination
in North West Africa due to its warm climate, fine cuisine,
rich cultural heritage and friendly people", he said
adding that the utmost effort would not only be pursued to
promote and develop economic, trade, cultural and friendly
ties between the two countries but also ensure promotion of
relationship between people-to-people of the two nations.
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Hon. Minister for Foreign Affairs Mrs. Sahana Pradhan
said that the nation was craving for extending commercial,
economical and technical cooperation with Morocco.
She added that the appointment of new consul of Kingdom
of Morocco to Nepal would consolidate the bilateral,
economic and technical cooperation. Minister Pradhan
expressed confidence at the appointment of Shri Chaudhary
as Honorary Consul of Kingdom of Morocco would prove
instrumental. "I believe that Consul Chaudhary
would play a commendable role to explore the possibilities
of social, economic and technical cooperation between
the two countries in the future," she said.
Non Residential Ambassador of Morocco, Larbi Moukhariq,
said that Morocco with its booming economy is braced
to cement its political ties with Nepal with a memorandum
of understanding to set up a mechanism of regular
consultations between their foreign ministers. “We
are finalizing a frame work agreement between the
Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry
and its Moroccan counterpart to open the gate for
diversified and mutually beneficial exchanges,”
he explained. He expressed confidence in new Consul
Chaudhary in bridging the gap in major areas of trade,
culture and services. He said that the Morocco has
trust in the genius of the people of Nepal to prevail
and bring all sides together to channel energies towards
the real challenges of eradicating poverty and securing
decent living standards and the welfare of Nepalese
people. "We are confident the democratic process
will reach the outcome translating the will of the
Nepalese and the universal ideals the international
community upholds", he said.
Earlier, the same morning, the Moroccan flag was formally
hoisted jointly by Moroccan Ambassador and Honorary
Consul Chaudhary at Saraswati Sadan, Thamel, amidst
a function. On the occasion, Prime Minister Rt. Hon'ble
Girija Prasad Koirala had extended a message of felicitations.
In the message, Koirala expressed the view that close
and cordial bilateral relations existing between the
two countries since 1975 would further enhanced and
strengthened during the term of office of Consul Chaudhary.
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