Samir Benmakhlouf explains how the new partnership between the UfM and Microsoft Morocco will benefit the Euro-Mediterranean region

Barcelona, 26 November 2016. On the occasion of the UfM Conference, Samir Benmakhlouf, Country General Manager of Microsoft Morocco, explains how the new partnership between the UfM and Microsoft Morocco will focus on moving the Euro-mediterranean countries to a knowledge and service economie.

The UfM Co-presidency, the EU and Jordan, and the 43 Member states have given a strong political commitment to the UfM and have called for unity and collective work to face the challenges of the Mediterranean region during their informal high level meeting held today in Barcelona. Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Nasser Judeh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan, and José Manuel García-Margallo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain, have stressed the importance of the UfM as the regional framework for political dialogue and cooperation in the Mediterranean.

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