Prince Moulay Rachid arrived, on Saturday in Tunis, to represent king Mohammed VI at the funeral of late Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi, who passed away on Thursday. Prince Moulay Rachid was greeted upon his arrival at Carthage international airport by Tunisian secretary of State to the minister of Foreign Affairs Sabri Bachtobji, the mayor of the City of Tunis, Saida Abderahim and the governor of Tunis, Chedli Bouallegue. Prince Moulay Rachid was also greeted by Morocco's ambassador to Tunisia, Hassan Tariq and members of the Kingdom's embassy. King Mohammed VI had sent a message of condolences to the speaker of Tunisia's Assembly of the Representatives Mohamed Ennaceur, in which the he expressed his heartfelt condolences and sincere feelings of compassion. The king added that Beji Caid Essebsi has worked seriously and with a spirit of exemplary patriotism to complete and foster the democratic process of his country and strengthen its rebirth and development within the framework of security and stability. «The Kingdom of Morocco recalls with esteem the bonds of solid fraternity and active solidarity which linked the deceased to the Kingdom and his firm determination to establish solid and exemplary relations of cooperation between the two countries, in addition to his sincere attachment to unity and the greatness of the brotherly Maghreb peoples», the King said in this message.
