Rabat hosts colloquy on Maghreban unity and liberation movement

Rabat is playing host January 24-26 to a colloquy on the unity of the Arab Maghreb in the memory of the Resistance movement and liberation army.

Participants in the opening session, including Moroccan Premier, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, and former Algerian President, Ahmed Ben Bella, underlined the need to overcome divergences and to endeavor for building up a common future for the peoples of the Maghreb.

They also underscored the spirit of solidarity and coordination which united the Maghreban liberation movements and called for encouraging scientific research to preserve the Maghreban memory.

Youssoufi underlined the need to carry on the work started by the heroes of resistance and the fighters of the liberation who have laid down the foundations of Maghreban unity that he described as a strategic choice.

The colloquy features a series of lectures on the history of the liberation movements, testimonies by outstanding figures of the Maghreban liberation struggle as well as an exhibition of books dealing with the history of this era.