Although the 6.8 magnitude earthquake killed more than 2,900 people and left over 5,000 more injured, the Moroccan government and central bank say the host city of Marrakech is safe for the meetings being held in Africa for the first time in 50 years.
"You have followed the events that Marrakech has just experienced with the earthquake. Well, the representatives of the Fund were already there. They were able to realise that neither the infrastructure at the level of the meetings nor the hospitality infrastructure, that is to say particularly the hotels, were not affected," Jouahri said.
"There is a review which is being carried out by the representatives of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to report to the authorities of the two institutions that the processes are followed by the modifications with the events that Morocco and the Marrakech region are experiencing." The government says that hotels in Marrakech and the meetings' venue, which is under construction, were not affected by the disaster, thanks to modern resilient structures.Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox
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