US convinced Morocco-US negotiations to be completed by end january
Morocco-USA, Economics, 1/12/2004

US deputy secretary of state, Richard Armitage, said he is convinced that Morocco-US Free Trade Agreement negotiations, at the level of specialized commissions, will be completed before end of January.

Armitage who met on Friday visiting Moroccan prime minister, Driss Jettou, announced that US negotiators are due in Morocco farming issues, part of the Morocco-US free trade agreement.

In a lecture he gave at Washington's Center of Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Moroccan Prime Minister said "We are in the final phase of (FTA) negotiations. There is a will to reach a conclusion and find a solution to a few remaining difficulties."

Jettou was Friday guest speaker at a forum on challenges and opportunities of economic and democratic liberalization in Morocco, organized by the Center.

The Moroccan official later met head of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn, on Morocco-WB relations and the kingdom's economic development.

Wolfensohn hailed the economic performance of Morocco, which he termed as "exemplary," and announced the visit of a delegation from his institution to Morocco next month, to carry on consultations with Moroccan officials and executives and identify projects needing World Bank support.

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