King Mohammed VI Urges Moroccan Diaspora, Including Jewish Community, to Invest in Morocco

"Also, We emphasize the need to establish a structured and sustained relationship with Moroccan skills abroad, including Moroccan Jews," said Mohammed VI in his speech.

The Moroccan monarch stressed the existence "of a community estimated at some five million individuals, to which are added hundreds of thousands of Moroccan Jews abroad, all scattered around the world."

Thus, he intends to give the highest priority to these Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) and Moroccan Jews who have shown "their attachment to its sacred symbols and their determined commitment to defend its supreme interests, whatever the problems and difficulties they face."

According to the World Federation of Moroccan Jews, nearly a million Jews are Moroccan or of Moroccan origin.