Moroccan-french small business investment projects need support network, state secretary
Morocco-France, Economics, 7/3/2002

French state secretary of commerce, SMEs, handicraft and liberal professions, Renaud Dutreil, called here Monday for the set up of a network to support the Moroccan-French SMEs investment projects.

Speaking at a meeting with Moroccan and French bankers and entrepreneurs, Dutreil stressed the need to lay a bridge between Moroccan and French SMEs to face up the challenges of year 2010, where borders will be opened and a free trade zone set up.

The French official voiced will to contribute to the promotion of Moroccan-French cooperation and underscored the necessity of setting up lasting relations between the two countries' executives.

French young people of Moroccan origin, who are attached to both France and Morocco, can contribute significantly in tightening the two countries' economic ties, Dutreil said, deploring the red tape which, he said, is a brake to the set up of enterprises.

The French official underscored the role the regions play in bringing closer Moroccan and French SMEs.

"The French regions, especially those with a strong Moroccan community, can conduct co-development and cooperation economic strategies," he said.

The meeting was organized by the Morocco-France friendship circle, headed by Mehdi Qotbi, with the participation of members of the MEDEF (French employers federation).

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