US Vice President accompanied by his wife Jill Biden, was welcomed at the airport by Morocco’s head of government Abdelilah Benkirane and US ambassador to Morocco Dwight Bush.

Biden is leading a very important US delegation to the fifth edition of GES held under the High Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI.

US president Barack Obama had announced the holding of this forum for the first time on African soil, during his speech at the US Africa Business Forum last August as part of the first USA-Africa Summit. 

Joe Bidden held talks with King Mohammed in the Moroccan city of Fes.

King Mohammed VI and the US Vice President “spoke about the wide range of global, regional, and bilateral issues on which Morocco and the United States are partners, including efforts to advance the shared priority of achieving a secure, stable, and prosperous Maghreb, Africa, and Middle East. In particular, they discussed their countries’ efforts together as part of the international coalition against ISIL,” a statement from the White House read.