Morocco, World Capital of Parliamentary Diplomacy – Andean Parliament President
Marrakech - The Kingdom of Morocco, a country with a thousand-year-old civilization, has become "the world capital of parliamentary diplomacy, President of the Andean Parliament Gustavo Pacheco Villar said in Marrakech on Friday.
“Through hosting international congresses and fora on South-South cooperation and dialogue, Morocco is increasingly enshrining its position as the capital of parliamentary diplomacy”, Pacheco Villar stressed, speaking at the opening of the 3rd International Forum of Young Socialist and Social Democratic Parliamentarians.
Morocco is an example of partisan solidarity and dialogue between countries of the South, thanks to the enlightened Vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Pacheco Villar noted, emphasizing the role of promoting young people’s political decision-making.
For his part, Waldemar Cerron Rojas, 2nd Vice-President of the Peruvian Congress, pointed out that this forum favors “the exchange of ideas in order to build an intercultural community of solidarity, reinforcing our path towards peace and progress”.
“This socialist space is an ideal platform for sharing ideas, proposals and knowledge that will help us improve policies in our respective countries”, he said.
In the same vein, Issac Jean Claude Musawu Tshilumbayi, Vice-President of the Parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo, said that the forum is of crucial importance at a time of increasing ecological, social and economic crises, making the future more and more uncertain.
“We parliamentarians, young and older, custodians of the popular will and tasked with crucial missions, bear a major responsibility”, he stressed, stating that this meeting represents an opportunity to redefine the collective mission of the left and to strengthen the bonds of collaboration and international solidarity between different parties.
In turn, Verónica Carrillo, Technical Secretary of Ecuador’s National Council for Gender Equality, noted that despite cultural, political and geographical differences, parliamentarians face common challenges such as violence against women as well as the fight against poverty and hate speech.
In this regard, Carrillo called for solidarity-based cooperation between parliamentarians, based on a common and humanist legislative approach, stressing the need to integrate these principles into different public policies.
Organized by Morocco’s Socialist Parliamentary Group in partnership with Ittihadya Youth and the MENA-Latina Forum, this two-day event provides a platform to address global challenges such as peace and security, climate change, human rights, and South-South cooperation.
