King Mohammed VI received, Friday in Rabat, the President of the World Bank Group, Ajay Banga, and the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva. The World Bank and the IMF are holding their annual meetings in Marrakech, from October 9 to 15. Following the royal audience, the IMF Managing Director expressed, in a statement to the press, her gratitude to King Mohammed VI for the warm welcome extended to participants in the WB/IMF Annual Meetings. For his part, the President of the World Bank, Ajay Banga, commended the efforts exerted by King Mohammed VI to generalize social protection, as well as his leadership and commitment to promoting the living conditions of Moroccans. “I commend the efforts of His Majesty the King to promote social protection in the Kingdom,” Banga told the media following the audience.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 14, 2023 08:38 UTC