The contribution of these states amounted to USD1bn per year over the period 2012-2016, that is a total of USD5bn.

HM King Mohammed VI will afterwards visit Jordan, where he will visit the military field hospital set up by Morocco in the region of Zaatari to help the thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the armed violence in their country.

At his departure from the airport, King Mohammed VI was seen off by HH Prince Moulay Ismail, the head of government, the speakers of the two chambers Parliament, as well as several members of the government and civil and military personalities.

The monarch is leading a large delegation including the sovereign advisors, Omar Azziman, Zoulikha Nasri, Fouad Ali Al Himma and Yasser Znagui. The delegation also includes Foreign Minister, Saad El Dine Otmani, Minister of Economy and Finance, Nizar Baraka, Minister of Islamic Affairs, Ahmed Toufiq, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Aziz Akhannouch, Minister of Equipment and Transport, Aziz Rebbah, Minister of Health, Houcine El Ouardi, Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, Fouad Douiri, and General Abdelaziz Bennani, Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces and Commander of the South Zone.