Dakhla, the pearl of Moroccan Sahara, has signed a twinning agreement with American Columbus, Ohio’s State capital, confirming the strong US-Moroccan ties and dealing a hard blow to the enemies of the territorial integrity of the North African Kingdom.
The agreement was inked Wednesday by Head of the Council of Dakhla Commune Erragheb Hormatallah and Mayor of Columbus Andrew Ginther, in the presence of Wali of Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region Ali Khalil, Mayor of Arlington (Texas) Jim Ross, and several other Moroccan and American officials.
The goal of the twinning accord is to strengthen cooperation between Dakhla and Columbus in various sectors of common interest, including culture and sustainable development. It comes within the frame of the working visit of a delegation of U.S. mayors to the North African Kingdom.
U.S. Conference of Mayors President Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said the twinning agreement will foster contacts and dialogue between the two cities, hailing the impressive boom and socioeconomic development achieved by the Southern provinces of the Kingdom thanks to the far-sighted vision of King Mohammed VI.
For his part, Erragheb Hormatallah, President of the council of Dakhla Commune said the agreement will bring closer the two twinned cities and enable them to implement partnership projects in various sectors, including culture, art, education, tourism, sustainable economic development, and the organization of joint events.
Prior their visit to Moroccan Sahara, members of the U.S. delegation discussed in Rabat with Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita cooperation ties existing between Rabat and Washington, longstanding friends and allies.
Morocco’s Saharan region of Dakhla Oued-Edahab is expanding the circle of its regional and international alliance for shared progress and prosperity in the new world order taking form.
It had already signed twinning agreements with U.S. village Great Neck (New York), Hollywood city, Peru’s “Pueblo Libre” and Senegalese tourist city of Mbour, located in the Thiès Region, southern Dakar.