Creation of Morocco - Mauritania joint fisheries observatory
Morocco-Mauritania, Politics, 5/1/2000

King Mohammed VI has proposed to Mauritanian President Mouaouiya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya, who visited Morocco last week, the creation of a joint observatory of fisheries resources, said Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Mohamed Benaissa.

The Moroccan official told the Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat in an interview published Saturday the two heads of state agreed to coordinate stances in vital sectors such as fisheries. Economic issues ranked high in talks between King Mohammed VI and Ould Taya who also reviewed issues pertaining to putting the Arab Maghreb Union on track again and means to develop the union's bodies.

Benaissa argued that consolidating relations between the union's member states at the bilateral level is likely to create favorable conditions to revive the moribund union.

During the Mauritanian president's three day visit to Morocco, the two countries agreed to set up a high joint commission which would meet in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott. The two heads of state also renewed support to the Middle East peace process on the basis of pertinent international resolutions and the land-for-peace principle and voiced support to the establishment of a Palestinian state with Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as its capital and the liberation of all Syrian and Lebanese territories.

Previous Stories:
  Mauritanian president ends visit to Morocco   (4/29/2000)
  Morocco, Mauritania set up high joint commission   (4/28/2000)
  Morocco, Mauritania renew commitment to Maghreban Union   (4/27/2000)

Please add a link on your webiste pointing to ArabicNews.com and bookmark ArabicNews.com & subscribe to our daily email news bulletin.

Search