Rabat: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) Minister of Health Fahad Al-Jalajel has met with Moroccan Minister of Health and Social Protection Khalid Ait Taleb during his official trip to Rabat, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
According to the SPA, the meeting was attended by Saudi Ambassador to Morocco Dr. Sami bin Abdullah Alsaleh and an official delegation from the ministry. During the meeting, they discussed cooperation between the two nations and efforts to enhance coordination in line with the wider Arab efforts to strengthen global health.
After the meeting, Al-Jalajel and his Moroccan counterpart inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance health partnership between the two nations. The MoU aligns with the goals of health transformation, improving the quality of health services as well as enhancing prevention against health risks.
The MoU aims to support and develop health services and exchange expertise, and it covers therapeutic and preventive medicine, digital health, and pandemic management, the SPA reported. In remarks to the media after the meeting, Al-Jalajel said that his trip to Morocco is part of the historical ties between the two brotherly nations within the framework of joint Arab action, saying that the MoU inked with his Moroccan counterpart fell within efforts of the ministries of health of the two countries to strengthen our health cooperation, including the exchange of expertise and scientific research.
Accompanied by Ambassador Alsaleh and Assistant Deputy Minister of Health for International Collaboration Rakan Khalid bin Dohaish, Al-Jalajel visited several governmental and private institutions in Morocco, including the National Institute of Health and a vaccine manufacturing plant, where he held talks on cooperation opportunities in developing the health sector in both nations.
