New US ambassador pledges to consolidate ties with strategic ally Morocco
US ambassador-designate to Morocco has vowed to endeavour for the "continued strengthening of solid relations" between the US and Morocco, "a strategic ally and an old friend."
Thomas Riley, who was speaking Tuesday at a hearing by the Senate Foreign relations Committee, recalled that the kingdom of Morocco was the first country in the world to recognize the newly born American nation in 1777 as well the Friendship and Cooperation Treaty concluded between the two countries in 1787.
