This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Aziz Akhannouch , who serves as the 17th Prime Minister of Morocco since 7 October 2021.
During his premiership, Akhannouch made 36 trips to 26 countries. The number of visits per country are:
Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
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Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 25-26 October | Represented King Mohammed VI at the Saudi Green Initiative and the Middle East Green Initiative. [1] Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. [2] |
United Kingdom | Glasgow | 1-2 November | Represented Mohammed VI at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). [3] |
United Arab Emirates | 25-26 December | Met with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and attended the national day of Morocco's pavilion at Expo 2020. [2] [4] |
Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
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Qatar | Doha | 7 February | Co-chaired the eighth session of the Qatari-Moroccan Joint Supreme Committee. [5] |
France | Brest | 9-11 February | Attended the One Ocean Summit. [6] |
Costa Rica | San José | 8 May | Represented Mohammed VI at the inauguration of Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles. [7] |
The Netherlands | 31 May-1 June | Attended the European People's Party (EPP) congress and met with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. [8] | |
Belgium | Brussels | 21 June | Attended the European Development Days Forum. [9] |
Angola | Luanda | 15 September | Represented Mohammed VI at the second inauguration of Angolan President João Lourenço. [10] |
United States | New York City | 19-23 September | Attended the general debate of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly. [11] |
Japan | Tokyo | 27-28 September | Represented Mohammed VI at the state funeral of former prime minister Shinzo Abe. Met with concurrent prime minister Fumio Kishida. [12] |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 8 December | Represented Mohammed VI at the 2022 China-Arab States Summit. [13] |
United States | Washington, D.C. | 13-15 December | Represented Mohammed VI at the United States–Africa Business Forum and United States–Africa Leaders Summit. [14] |
Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
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Brazil | Brasília | 1 January | Represented Mohammed VI at the third inauguration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. [15] |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 16 January | Attended the opening ceremony of the 2023 session of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. [16] |
Switzerland | Davos | 18-19 January | Attended the World Economic Forum. [17] |
Senegal | Dakar | 25-27 January | Attended the Dakar Summit on Food Sovereignty. [18] |
Egypt | Cairo | 12 February | Represented Mohammed VI at the high-level conference of the Al-Quds Committee. [19] |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 17-19 February | Represented Mohammed VI at the 36th African Union Summit. [20] |
Portugal | Lisbon | 12 May | Met with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa and President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. [21] |
Nigeria | Abuja | 30 May | Represented Mohammed VI at the inauguration ceremony of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu. [22] |
Ivory Coast | Abidjan | 5-6 June | Attended the Africa CEO Forum. [23] |
Russia | Saint Petersburg | 27-28 July | Represented Mohammed VI at the 2023 Russia–Africa Summit, leading a delegation comprising foreign minister Nasser Bourita and the Moroccan ambassador to Russia. [24] |
Belgium | Brussels | 25 October | Akhannouch and foreign minister Nasser Bourita attended the Global Gateway forum and met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. [25] |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 10-11 November | Represented Mohammed VI at the Saudi-African Economic Summit and at an Arab Islamic extraordinary summit conducted in response to the ongoing Israel–Hamas war. [26] [27] |
Germany | Berlin | 20 November | Attended a dialogue session where leaders of African countries and G20 partners met to tighten cooperation. [28] |
Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
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Italy | Rome | 28-29 January | Represented Mohammed VI at the 'Italia-Africa: A bridge for common growth' summit. [29] [30] |
Senegal | Diamniadio | 2 April | Represented Mohammed VI at the inauguration ceremony of Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. [31] |
Rwanda | Kigali | 7 April | Represented Mohammed VI at the 30th anniversary commemoration of the Rwandan genocide. [32] |
Bahrain | Manama | 15 May | Represented Mohammed VI at the 2024 Arab League summit. [33] |
Indonesia | Bali | 18-25 May | Attended the tenth edition of the World Water Forum. [34] |
France | Paris | 25-26 July | Represented Mohammed VI at the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. [35] |
Mauritania | Nouakchott | 1 August | Represented Mohammed VI at the second inauguration of Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. [36] |
France | Saint-Raphaël | 15 August | Represented Mohammed VI at the 80th anniversary commemoration of the Provence landings. [37] |
United States | New York City | 24-28 September | Attended the general debate of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly. [38] |
France | Villers-Cotterêts | 4-5 October | Represented Mohammed VI at the 19th summit of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. [39] |
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