Rabat, March 22 -- France has awarded three Moroccan personalities the order of knight of the Legion of Honor of the French Republic on Wednesday in Rabat.

The recipients are Chief of Protocol to Morocco's Head of Government Omar Ait Salah; radiologist and social anthropologist Chakib Guessous; and the director of the Moroccan Agency for Nuclear and Radiological Safety and Security (AMSSNuR), Khammar Mrabit.

Jean-Francois Girault, the ambassador of France to Morocco, awarded the honors on behalf of the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, at a ceremony attended by prominent political, business, diplomatic, and arts personalities.

Girault praised Omar Ait Salah's contribution to the organization of high-level meetings between Morocco a...