Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean expresses full gratitude to the president of the Government of Catalonia upon his departure as UfM Secretary General

Barcelona-Youssef Amrani expressed his deep gratitude for the overwhelming support that the government of Catalonia has always brought and will continue to offer to the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean. Mr. Amrani commended on the progress made by the UfM, “the UfM now is in a position to be an efficient instrument for multilateral and regional cooperation, it is able to face the many regional challenges.” He also added: “Currently, the UfM has the sufficient instruments to inaugurate renewed and more effective governance in the Mediterranean, and create synergies, as well as enhance cooperation on the basis of variable geometry projects.”

In his new capacity as Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Morocco, Mr. Amrani offered full cooperation to president Artur Mas on the official visit that the latter plans to hold to that country during the course of 2012.