"I have never visited a place that promotes the convergence of Islam and Judaism as I have seen firsthand in Essaouira. This should be a very good lesson for all men and women of good faith in the world," he stressed in a statement to MAP, on the sidelines of a visit by members of the board of directors of the Brenthurst-Oppenheimer Foundation to "Bayt Dakira", a spiritual and heritage space for the preservation and enhancement of the Jewish-Moroccan memory.

In Bayt Dakira, "we live the brotherhood that unites humanity: we are equal regardless of our religion or race," he said.

Highlighting the farsighted leadership of HM King Mohammed VI, Obansajo emphasized "the roots of Morocco in a history several millennia old, embodied by Essaouira, a city emblematic of the exceptional diversity of our respective spiritualities".

Eminent personalities, members of the board of directors of the prestigious South African Brenthurst-Oppenheimer Foundation, paid a visit on Tuesday to "Bayt Dakira" in Essaouira.

This visit, carried out in the presence of André Azoulay, Advisor to HM the King and president-founder of the Essaouira-Mogador Association, allowed the distinguished guests of the City of Alizés, including Jonathan Oppenheimer, the former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, the former president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and the former president of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, to discover this spiritual and patrimonial space of preservation and valorization of the Jewish-Moroccan memory.