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The director general of the Jordanian general custom department Khaled al-Wazni stressed that the inauguration of the free zone between Jordan and Syria falls in the course of regional Arab cooperation in preparation to establish the greater Arab free trade zone which will have together all Arab states. Go

The Iraqi embassy in Abu Dhabi was officially reopened following a ten-year closure. The Iraqi charge de affairs Hamoudi Ahmad submitted his credentials on June 24 as Iraq's charge de affairs to the United Arab Emirates. Go

Deputy chairman of the Palestinian central council Teiseir Qubaa said that there is a unanimous Palestinian consent inside and outside Palestine to the need of establishing a Palestinian state on the territories occupied in 1967, with Jerusalem as a capital as scheduled on September. Go

Prince Moulay Rachid on Monday called on Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultane Al-Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates. Moulay Rachid returned to Morocco on the same day. King Mohammed VI had paid a short visit to Geneva over the weekend for the same purpose. Go

Products coming from least developed African countries will be given a 50% abatement on customs duties in Morocco, the Moroccan customs authority announced on Monday. Go

Speaker of the Egyptian parliament Fatehi Srour stressed in a speech he delivered on Monday before the conference of Parliamentarians federation conference in the Organization of the Islamic Conference OIC the need of "cooperation among the Islamic states in fighting terrorism and taking into account good neighbors and preventing the use of its territories by individuals or groups to commit terrorist acts against the member states." He called on the OIC which includes 56 countries to move in order to convene an international conference to fighting terrorism at the auspices of the UN. Go

Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani on Monday received a message from President of the Republic of Togo pertaining to means of developing co-operation relations between the two countries. Go

Deputy premier and industry minister of Quebec, Bernard Landry and Canadian international trade minister, Pierre S.Pettigrew are expected in Morocco respectively in September and October. Go

An Amazigh summer festival will be held this July 6-8 at the initiative of the Youth and Future Association. Culture, handicraft and youth and sports ministries are contributing to the festival that features debates on topics related to the Berber culture, music, poetry and other forms of arts, in addition to concerts by Berber musicians from Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya and Mali. Go

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak faced great pressure inside the Israeli Knesset and criticism from members close to him politically, but Barak prevailed in the end Barak and won on a new resolution with majority of 52 votes to 43 to exempt strict Jewish students from performing military service till the age of 23 years. Go

The spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry Hamid Rida Asifi has stated that his country holds Israel responsible for the safety of its four diplomats who were kidnapped on July 4, 1982 in Lebanon by agents of the " Zionist entity." Go

Turkey said it is ready to supply Israel with drinking water at a lower price than the cost of desalinated water. Farouk Ossaman, the Turkish deputy foreign minister assured that the water sale has a strategic significance and will be a symbol of the relations between Turkey and Israel. Go

Three seamen, found guilty of smuggling illegal immigrants to Europe, were sentenced by a Tangier court to jail terms varying between 6 and 18 months. Go

Chairman of the Israeli Likud party Ariel Sharon on Monday met in Jerusalem with the Indian foreign minister Jakwan Sing, currently visiting Israel. Go