HRH Prince Moulay Rachid supports World's peace

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, March 28-29, 2007 – His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the heir to the Moroccan Throne, has lead the Moroccan delegation in the 19th Arab Summit in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.

His Royal Highness' valuable leadership and support for addressing the unity of the Arab and Muslim nations, archives endeavor to foster diplomatic efforts to promote peace worldwide.
In view of that, His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid at the first closed-door session of Arab Summit on Wednesday, discussed at the round table with the other Arab leaders, a variety of political, economic and social issues that aimed at improving the conditions in the Arab world in general.

Of course, tackling the Arab-Israeli conflict, the developments in Lebanon and Iraq and clearing the Middle East from weapons of mass destruction (WMD) were key political issues on the agenda.

Meanwhile, the Saudi’s newspaper ‘Asharq Alawsat’ reported that the Moroccan ruler Mohamed VI has boycott the summit due to Saudi’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz refusal to support and add to the summit's agenda, the controversial plan for autonomy of Sahara as a ‘solution’ to the conflict in Sahara. Additionally, there is no Arab country that supported this plan and Algeria has voiced very loudly disapproval.

On this note, His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid has once and again step up to avert further diplomatic conflicts with the Arab countries and has exerting great efforts to guarantee the success of the 19th Arab Summit and its emergence with solutions to complex problems existing among Arab nations.

His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, leading voice of Morocco, amounts of efforts to alleviate crises and unify Arabs that mark the Kingdom of Morocco with pride of accomplished achievements, which lead to advanced era.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid’s untiring efforts as a strong advocate of Alliance of Civilizations

Rabat, March 21, 2007 - His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the heir to the Moroccan throne, conferred with the President of the 61st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa.

His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, a prominent advocate for a dialogue among cultures and civilizations, reiterated the importance to promote understanding and dialogue among religions, cultures and civilizations.

His Royal Highness - highly commended for his tireless work and vision - is ensuring the respect for and peaceful co-existence among all religions.

His Royal Highness spearheads several projects in Morocco and abroad that emphasize on the dialogue among cultures and civilizations with primarily focus on what people have in common at the practical level instead of what divides them at the doctrinal level.

General Assembly President Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa is on official visit to Morocco. Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa was elected President of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly on 8 June 2006.

King of Hearts - HRH Prince Moulay Rachid pins hope on the Road of Heart

Casablanca, March 17, 2007 – Under the Presidency of His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, Royal Moroccan Motorsport Federation organized 14th edition of Maroc Classic Rally under the motto “The Road of Heart”.

The Maroc Classic Rally starts from Casablanca on Saturday March 17 2007, takes over the road that is the heart and soul of Moroccan cities of Afourer, Erfoud, Ouarzazate and Agadir and it ends the following Saturday March 28 2007 in Marrakech with glittering gala dinner and prize giving ceremony.

With the blessing of His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid – The King of Hearts, the goal of the event is to expand community projects in rural areas and to improve the standard of living and income status of among the region’s inhabitants.

The Maroc Classic Rally was launched in 1993 and with the presidency of His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid has become one of the most prestigious international events.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid lends his support to the development project of new suburb

Rabat, March 13, 2007 - His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid inquired on the development project of new suburb Tamesna in Rabat - Morocco.

Popular royal, who is acknowledged for his strong leadership of development of Morocco, supports and emphasizes the need for projects supporting the higher standard of living for Moroccan people.

With His Royal Highness support, this project serves as an inspiration for urban development in cities in the region and will be undertaken by the government and private companies from Morocco, Spain, France, Portugal, Malaysia, Qatar and Libya.

The project is expected to cost 22.3 billion dirhams, will offer housing for 250,000 inhabitants over a 4,000-hectare area, as well includes the building of schools, health centres, a hospital, mosques, industrial zones and a university.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid heightens Moroccan-Saudi’s amity

Rabat, March 12, 2007 - To commemorate Moroccan-Saudi Arabia’s amity, His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid welcomed Prince Soltane Ibn Abdelaziz of Saudi Arabia in Rabat.

This meeting was the second meeting of the two royals in the substance of few days.

Reunion stamps a deeply conviction that through these joint efforts, Kingdom of Morocco and Saudi Arabia will be further strengthened bilateral friendly relations and cooperation.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid at the 8th high-level Morocco-Spain summit

Rabat, March 6, 2007 - His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid received with a glowing welcome Prime Minister of Spain Luis Rodriguez Zapatero in Royal Palace in Rabat.

After the welcoming ceremony, His Royal Highness accompanied by Mr. Zapatero reviewed the guard of honor.

Afterwards, His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid and Spain’s Prince Minister were joined by Spanish and Moroccans personals at the royal banquet meting of Morocco-Spain Summit.

On this remark, it is important to express the gratitude to His Royal Highness for the hope that he awards to help strengthen dialogue, expand harmony, increase mutual trust and intensify cooperation with the Spain in a bid for pushing ahead with Spain-Morocco productive and cooperative relations in the 21st century comprehensively.

The 8th high level Morocco-Spain summit took place in Rabat with immigration, Sahara, terrorism and economic relations at the top of the agenda.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid holds talks with Saudi Crown Prince

Agadir – Morocco, March 5, 2007 – His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the heir to the Moroccan Throne, held talks with Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Soltane Ibn Abdelaziz.

Although, the content of discussions were not revealed to public, it leaves no doubt that the meeting is acclaim of friendship and fruitful cooperation between the two kingdoms.

His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid - the pillar of establishment of Moroccan diplomatic relations and the cornerstone of Morocco’s foreign policy, promotes all-round bilateral partnerships and wide-ranging cooperations with countries around the world.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid presides funeral of royal advisor to HM King Hassan II

Rabat, February 22, 2007 – His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid paid his last respects to lifetime Royal and Moroccan servant, Mohamed Aouad.

His Royal Highness, the respectable royal and the King of Hearts, honored the loyalty and love of Mohamed Aouad for Alaouite monarchy and the Kingdom of Morocco.

Mohamed Aouad who served as royal advisor to HM King Hassan II was also at one time minister in charge of the Education of His Royal Highness. Royal advisor Mohamed Aouad accompanied his Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid on several foreign state visits.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid builds links between Africa and the World

Cannes - France, February 14, 2007 - His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the heir to Moroccan throne, arrived today on state visit to France to raise the level of collective commitment to peace and security issues, good governance and economic, social and political development of the African continent.

His Royal Highness will participate in the 24th Franco-African summit that is taking place at Cannes, on the French Mediterranean coast, from 14 to 16 February 2007. The summit theme is "L'Afrique et l'equilibre du monde" - Africa and the World Balance and fixed themes of discussion are how to tap and protect Africa's natural resources, the continent's role in the world and the information age's impact on African society, etc.

It is also expected that His Royal Highness will network with the heads of state and government on the sidelines of the summit to assure the success of the summit and commitment.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid awards the winners of Morocco Book Award

Casablanca, February 8, 2007 - His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco has awarded winners of Morocco Book Award of 2006 in the ceremony held on the sidelines of the inauguration of 13th edition of the Casablanca International Book Fair.

His Royal Highness, in the first ever Moroccan’s richest literary award, handed over the prizes offered in several categories, including "literary creation", "literary and artistic studies", and "translation".

His Royal Highness ’ enthusiasm for The Morocco Book Award and more importantly, for the promotion of great Moroccan literature, enhances marketing efforts in bringing these books to the attention of all. On that note, the six leading authors presented to His Royal Highness the sample of their works.

His Royal Highness support depicts the celebration of achievements of Moroccan writers and publishers and will further encourage and reward the upsurge of Casablanca International Book Fair and Morocco Book Award, and ensure that works of merit reach a wider audience outside their country of origin.

His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid presented with the International Book Fair Documents

Casablanca, February 8, 2007 - His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid embarked upon a mission to promote reading, encourage writing, and amplify an awareness of literacy and the literary arts in our multinational society as he inaugurated the 13th edition of the Casablanca International Book Fair.

The popular royal, who is an advocate of youth empowerment, brightly conveys the profundity of this event as a virtue to develop works of the young creators as the event features at least 60 young Moroccan writers.

His Royal Highness seized the opportunity to network and to meet with the international publishing community to promote the dialogue between the writers, the publishers and the professionals with the readers. On this occasion, His Royal Highness visited the stand of the French community of Belgium-Wallonia-Brussels, the guest of honor. His Royal Highness also visited the stands of France and Saudi Arabia.

His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid who has been a tireless champion for Morocco, for its part, Minister of Culture Mohamed Achaâri presented to His Royal Highness documents concerning the International Book Fair.

13th edition of Casablanca International Book Fair takes place from 9 to 18 February 2007 under the theme: “The Moroccan Creation: New Tendencies”. Casablanca International Book Fair has developed into a large-scale international book fair with an exhibiting area of 19.000 square meters with publishing units from 59 countries or regions participated.

His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid

His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid was born on June 20, 1970 in Rabat, Morocco as the youngest son of late King Hassan II. He is second in line to the Alaouite throne.
His Royal Highness completed bilingual primary and secondary education in the Royal College in Rabat with obtaining the Baccalauréat in June 1989.

His Royal Highness continued brilliant Higher Studies in Law at Mohammed V University in Rabat earning several certificates and diplomas. In June 1991, Prince received DEUG (Diplôme des Etudes Universitaires Générales). In May 1993, Prince Moulay Rachid successfully obtained his Law degree (Licence en les droits) Masters in Public Law, simultaneously with the Diploma in Law. The thesis was concentrated on the Bosnia question, which he presented on June 29, 1995.

In order to complete his training, in November 1993 Prince underwent a United Nations training course in New York, within the framework of the preparation for a Doctorate in Law. In June 1996 Prince Moulay Rachid made outstanding written and oral tests that earned him the 2nd certificate of Higher Studies with mastering in International Relations. On May 18, 2001, His Royal Highness presented his doctorate thesis on the Organization of Islamic Conference at the University Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV in France, which merited a specific mention for the quality of his work.

In July 1994, Prince Moulay Rachid was promoted with the rank of Colonel of the Royal Moroccan Navy and in July 2000 with the rank of brigadier general.
Prince Moulay Rachid has been interested in cultural, social and sporting activities. For this reason, since April 1997, he has been president of the National Federation of Moroccan Scouting. Prince is also a president of the Moroccan Royal Federation of Hunting. In 2000 under the brave leadership of Prince Moulay Rachid was founded Hassan 2 golf Trophy Association, which is hosting one of the most highly regarded Hassan 2 Gofl Trophy. In 2001 Prince Moulay Rachid initiated Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation (MIFFF) that has opened doors for a breath of fresh air in Morocco – Marrakech International Film Festival.

Prince Moualy Rachid is also honorary president of Royal Moroccan Yachting Federation, Royal Moroccan Skiing and Mountaineering Federation, Moroccan Environmental Protection Association, Moroccan - Far East Association, Spanish Social Service Association, Maghreb Association for Research and the Fight Against AIDS and Moroccan Association of Law Students in France.

Since his early youth, Prince Moulay Rachid built the diplomatic relations and promoted the peace all over the world. At age of 6, Prince accompanied his father King Hassan II on official visit to France and at age of 11, His Royal Highness presided ceremony "Commandant Khattabi" in San Pernando (Cadiz) in Spain. Prince Moulay Rachid is widely admired for his role in maintaining official diplomatic ties that has earned him the reputation for his terrific ambassadorial delegation that contributed the great deal to the development and progress of Morocco.

His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid is an acknowledged pioneer of cross-cultural exchange and his leadership for dialog among civilizations. His Royal Highness also oversees the work of numerous sport organizations.