"The extremely important donation that HM the King has kindly made for Senegal as part of the response against the Covid-19 is the reflection of great solidarity and fraternity, but above all of the friendship binding our two peoples", underlined the minister, who received on behalf of the Senegalese president Macky Sall this Moroccan medical aid.

"Between Morocco and Senegal, it is truly a very long story," he added, noting that the arrival today of representatives of all the religious families of the country to attend the reception of this donation proves the social cohesion between "our two peoples".

He noted that President Macky Sall measures the scope of friendship and solidarity through this extremely important donation.

This Moroccan medical aid shows, in reality, that south-south cooperation in terms of solidarity in economic and social matters is a golden rule that African countries must follow, he said.

"It is together that we must fight the Covid-19 and it is together that we will win" against this virus which has no borders, he said, noting that Morocco and Senegal, which had prepared very early, were able, thanks to a formidable methodology and a very rigorous action, to succeed until now in containing the disease.

The Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad Moïse Diégane Sarr, for his part, assured that this royal initiative "shows the exemplary level of cooperation between our two countries".

"On behalf of the Head of State, Macky Sall, and of the Senegalese government and people, I extend my heartfelt thanks to HM King Mohammed VI, to the government and to the entire Moroccan people," he said.

"This is a strong gesture which we commend and which reflects the singular and very particular aspect of the relations which unite our two countries", he added, noting that this action gives concrete substance to "the friendship between the two peoples which constitute the cement of our common history ".

"Morocco, faithful to its tradition of hospitality, has greatly helped the Senegalese still stranded in Dakhla, Boujdour and Bir Gandouz by providing them with food and housing some of them for more than three months", he said, noting that "we are very sensitive to this gesture of brotherhood".