Wednesday in Tangiers, Morocco, at the 9th edition of the MEDays 2016 International Forum, the MEDays Award of Solidarity to the People of Haiti, was awarded by the Amadeus Institute to former Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe.

Brahim Fassi Fihri, President of the Amadeus Institutewhile presenting this Award, declared "Through this Award of Solidarity, awarded to a statesman who works to improve the living conditions of his fellow citizens and puts his know-how for the benefit of the most needy, we salute the resilience and courage of the Haitian people and call on the international community to give the necessary support to the Haitian government to recover and to know the way of emergence."

Reacting to the tribute paid to the people of his country, Laurent Lamothe assured that this distinction was a testimony of Morocco's solidarity with Haiti and thanked King Mohammed VI for his solidarity with the Haitian people in the aftermath of the various catastrophes that struck his country.

He also stressed that Morocco and Haiti share a central common thread, which is to make South-South cooperation a way of life aimed at ensuring sustainable development, while highlighting the complementarity between the Southern States for more effectiveness.

Let's recall that this th edition of the MEDays 2016 Forum (7-10 December) welcomed more than 3,000 participants and 120 high-level speakers, including Heads of State and Government, ministers, policy makers, business leaders, experts, academics and representatives of civil society.

HL/ HaitiLibre