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The Embassy of Morocco to Viet Nam and Ha Noi city People's Committee celebrated the inauguration ceremony of the restoration of The Gate of Morocco on November 10th 2018.
"Today is a big and memorable day. A big day since Vice Head of the Hanoi city People’s Committee and myself, in my capacity of Ambassador of Morocco to Vietnam, will inaugurate the restoration operation, for the second time, by the Embassy of Morocco in Vietnam of “the gate of Morocco”, which reflects the profound traditional friendship and embodies the historical relations between Morocco and Vietnam since the establishment of their diplomatic relations in 1961," Mr. Azzeddine Farhane stressed.
Mr. Ngo Van Quy, Vice Head of the Hanoi city People’s Committee. (Source: BN/NDEL)
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Ngo Van Quy, Vice Head of the Hanoi city People’s Committee, affirmed "The Morocco Gate is a baroque-style structure, an important cultural heritage of Hanoi. During the restoration, government agencies had restored the Gate and the surrounding pathway and scenery. Upon completing, the gate will be entrust to the owner of the land to continue to watch over the Gate.
Thousands of Moroccans, Algerians soldiers who fought with the French legions had come to the Vietnamese side. These soldiers received humane treatment. Following the victory at Dien Bien Phu, President Hochiminh established a Viet Nam - Africa agricultural cooperative in Ba Vi, where over 300 former soldiers and 100 Vietnamese workers were recruited to clear land for cultivation. While here, they had constructed a number of structures, among them this gate that is characteristically Moroccan.
While the soldiers are gone, but the Gate remains as a symbol of their love for the cooperative, for the people and country of Viet Nam, and a symbol of solidarity, humanity between Viet Nam and Morocco."
Moroccan Ambassador Azzeddine Farhane. (Source: lecourrier.vn)
"Through its historical and cultural signification, the Gate of Morocco represents a symbol of two countries that have myriads of geopolitics and economic similarities, and share common goals and ambitions in being actors of international peace and security worldwide.
Morocco and Vietnam are looking forward to a brighter future and promising cooperation. A future that bypasses geographical and cultural barriers to forge fruitful cooperation ties between our two countries in political, economic and cultural fields, with the aim of achieving the aspirations of Moroccan and Vietnamese peoples for welfare and prosperity," the Ambassador of Morocco to Viet Nam concluded./.