Meeting with the Swedish Ambassador at the Euromed University of Fes: Strengthening intercultural ties

The Euromed University of Fes today, May 23, 2024, hosted a Swedish delegation led by H.E. Jörgen Karlsson, Ambassador of Sweden to Morocco, and the Director of the Swedish Institute for Dialogue for the Middle East and North Africa, H.E. Ambassador Charlotta Sparre, who previously served as Sweden's Ambassador to Egypt.

This visit resulted in a meeting with the University students, which was of great importance due to the various interventions. It began with opening remarks by H.E. the Ambassador, who highlighted the history of collaborations between Morocco and Sweden since 1762, framed within cooperation aimed at placing the MENA region on a pedestal of intercultural dialogue. 
H.E. Ambassador Charlotta SPARRE opened her speech by focusing on a multilateral vision based on interdependence and interconnectivity enabled by technological development while maintaining a forward-looking outlook centered on human capital, dialogue and communication as a key element in strengthening ties between the two countries. 

Mr. Anoire El Attari, a doctoral student at FSHS and a speaker at this conference, emphasized the tumultuous challenges of the current world, marked by a rise in extremism and identity tensions due to globalization, requiring collective mobilization. Mr. Othman Sqalli Houssaini, a doctoral student at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, highlighted Morocco’s major role in Africa through its South-South cooperation with many African countries, notably via the Mohammed VI Foundation of African Ulema.

This Moroccan policy aims to remove intercultural barriers and establish a crossroads where Moroccan and foreign citizens are neighbors. This approach aligns with the values of dialogue and multiculturalism, placed at the heart of the University’s strategy, and also shared by the Swedish Institute for Dialogue for the Middle East and North Africa.

The richness of each conference is illustrated by the many questions raised by students from different institutions who remain potential agents of change by assimilating the body of each meeting with eminent personalities specialized in various fields.