Anglo-Saxon Morocco

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The institutional relationship between the United Kingdom and Morocco dates back centuries, precisely to 1213, when King John of England sent the first British embassy to Morocco to establish bilateral relations with the Moroccan Sultan Mohammed Ennasir.
England pursued two objectives, to ensure Moroccan support in its conflicts with its European enemies, especially against France, and to establish trade relations.
Another very important fact in British history is that the first company for trade with foreign countries was created especially to trade with Morocco. This is the Barbary Company created in 1558.
                               
However, despite these historical relations and geographical proximity, bilateral relations, in general, did not make a qualitative leap throughout the following centuries, they remained very normal. This is a historical paradox par excellence.
To make up for lost time, the two countries are now working to strengthen their bilateral relations. Many factors will help to achieve this goal:
On the one hand, Morocco wants to diversify its political and economic partners, betting on new countries like Great Britain. 
On the other hand, London, on leaving the European Union (BREXIT) wants to open up to new regions and among them, the Maghreb and mainly Morocco.
The development of relations between Rabat and London requires two measures to create a new dynamic, the first is to encourage Moroccan immigration to Britain because the human factor is essential to this objective. Morocco's relations with France are advanced to some extent thanks to Moroccan immigration.
The second measure is to promote English in Morocco, because language is an essential tool. Within this framework, I would like to stress that in this school year, 2019-2020, Great Britain has just opened the first school of official education in Morocco, specifically in Marrakech. It is a small step but in the right direction, since education and mutual knowledge are key to development and will allow for the expansion of cultural and economic relations between these two countries in the future.

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