Flashback: Trade Mission to Morocco

In November 2009 Crown Prince Philippe & Princess Mathilde presided a 5-day Belgian trade visit to Morocco. They headed a delegation of 350 people and visited 5 cities.

22 November 2009

Philippe & Mathilde were welcomed by Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco when they arrived at the airport of Casablanca.

23 November 2009

At the souk of Marrakech.

24 November 2009

Opening an exhibition at the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Casablanca.

In the capital Rabat, they paid their respects at the Mausoleum of King Mohammed V.

Queen Mathilde and Lalla Salma had a private meeting.

25 November 2009 

At the port of Tanger.

27 November 2009

In Agadir they visited a mother and child aid center.

Dinner with Moulay Rachid.

In an interview at the end of the visit, which was near Philippe & Mathilde's 10th wedding anniversary, they discussed the past 10 years as time that went by very quickly but that also included many big moments, such as the birth of their 4 children: "exceptional moments" and the passing of Mathilde's father: "a very hard time for me and our children, for the entire family".