During his participation in the Joint Retreat between the PAP and the AU Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) held from 19 to 20 December in Johannesburg, the Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom to the African Union (AU) and the UNECA, Mohamed Arrouchi, called on the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) to ensure the participation of African citizens in the development and economic integration of the continent.
With a clear statutory mandate, the PAP is called upon to consolidate efforts to strengthen the role of African youth through their effective participation in the realisation of Africa’s development agenda, the Moroccan diplomat added.
Mr Arrouchi also called on the PAP to put at the centre of its agenda the vital interests of African citizens and the noble causes of Africa far from any polemics or narrow agendas that hinder the functioning of this important organ of the pan-African institution.