• Burkina Faso and Morocco signed 12 legal instruments during the fifth session of their Joint Cooperation Commission.

• The agreements span key sectors including security, labor, agriculture, infrastructure, education, and professional training.

• Bilateral trade reached USD 67.1 million in 2024, reinforcing Morocco’s strong economic footprint in Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso and Morocco signed twelve legal instruments to strengthen bilateral cooperation. The Burkinabè Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the announcement on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, after the fifth session of the Joint Cooperation Commission.

Rabat and Ouagadougou maintain sixty years of diplomatic relations, during which both countries built a solid and multisectoral partnership.

The parties signed a reciprocal recognition agreement for national driving licences and three cooperation agreements covering labor, security, and civil protection.

The two governments also signed six memorandums of understanding covering agriculture, trade, youth, housing and urban development, security expertise exchanges, and road infrastructure.

They added an umbrella cooperation agreement on academic scholarships, internships and expertise-sharing, and a framework agreement on professional training.

Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and Burkinabè Abroad, said the cooperation between the two countries reached “an exemplary level”.

He added: “It is a cooperation that transforms lives, strengthens skills, supports institutional development and contributes to the empowerment of our youth.”

Burkina Faso and Morocco expanded their collaboration across political, economic, health, higher education, judicial, cultural and tourism sectors.

Morocco invests in Burkina Faso’s banking, insurance, telecommunications and economic development industries. Bilateral trade reached USD 67.1 million in 2024, according to the International Trade Center.

 Lydie Mobio