(EN) PLENARY IX: THE ROLE OF CULTURE IN ATLANTIC RELATIONS

December 15, 2018

Moderator Claude Grunitzky, Chairman and Editor-in-chief, True Africa Speakers Mohamed Benaissa, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Morocco Assia Bensalah Alaoui, Ambassador at Large of HM the King of Morocco Vasco Alves Cordeiro, President, Regional Government of the Azores Paulo Paranagua, Independent Scholar

Speakers
Mohamed Benaïssa
Secretary General of the Assilah Forum Foundation
H.E. Dr. Mohamed Benaïssa is currently Mayor of the Moroccan city of Assilah and Secretary General of the Assilah Forum Foundation. He is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco. He previously held the post of Minister of Culture and was a member of the Moroccan House of Representatives. Dr. Benaïssa also served with the United Nations and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. He is a co-founder and Vice President of the Council for Arab and International Relations, and is a member of many regional and international organizations, including the Aspen Foreign Affairs Forum and the Aspen Food Security Strategy. ...

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