In the presence of many community leaders, including Haim Musicant, General Director of CRIF, Pierre Besnaiou, Richard Prasquier and Rabbi David Messas praised the quality of the relations between Morocco’s king and Jews from Morocco.
El Mostafa Sahel recalled the long tradition of hospitality and respect by successive Moroccan monarchs toward their Jewish community. El Mostafa Sahel, who was recently appointed to Paris, has among other previous responsibilities been Minister of Home Affairs and his country’s Ambassador to the UN.