Water resources: Morocco and China sign MoE

Morocco and China signed, Wednesday in Rabat, a memorandum of understanding establishing an executive program for cooperation in the field of water resources covering the period 2025-2027. Initialed by the Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, and the Chinese Vice Minister of Water Resources, Zhu Chengqing, this executive program aims to exchange experiences, strengthen human and institutional capacities, prepare joint cooperation projects and coordinate the implementation of special training programs in the fields of water.

The areas of cooperation covered by this programme include water infrastructure, including the construction, operation, management and maintenance of water resources distribution projects.

They also concern the management of extreme events such as floods and droughts, the supply of drinking water in rural areas, as well as the conservation and protection of water resources, including the saving of water for irrigation.

Under the memorandum, the two sides agree to hold three meetings of the China-Morocco Joint Committee on Water Resources, in 2025, 2026 and 2027 respectively, with a view to taking stock of the two countries’ experiences in planning, research, evaluation and monitoring of water resources.

He stressed the importance of this memorandum which, covering a specific agenda over the next three years, concerns the issue of conventional and non-conventional water mobilization, the fight against drought and floods, in addition to integrated water management and the preservation of groundwater. For her part, the Chinese official highlighted the long-standing relations between Morocco and China, noting that the signing of this memorandum will strengthen technical cooperation and exchanges in the field of water resources. The meeting was attended in particular by the Chinese ambassador to Rabat, Li Chnglin, and the Director General of the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), Tarik Hamane.

LNT with MAP