Moroccan Press: King's African tour to consolidate South-South relations
Morocco-Regional, Politics, 2/23/2005

The Moroccan press underscored Tuesday that King Mohammed VI's tour in three African countries, namely Gabon, Senegal and Burkina Faso, that started Monday, will consolidate South-South relations.

Moroccan papers agreed that the visit reflects the king's resolve to consolidate South-South relations, at a time when African countries feel an urgent need to build their relations on solid bases to face common challenges.

"Le Matin du Sahara et du Maghreb" commented that South-South cooperation, which is among the sovereign's top priorities, will be translated by the implementation of important regional projects in various realms.

The visit, the paper pointed out, highlights the Moroccan monarch's interest in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) which needs a strong support for a progressive integration in world economy.

On its part, "l'Opinion" noted that although Rabat withdrew, two decades ago, from the Organization of the African Union in protest of the admission of the Polisario front, that claims the separation of Morocco's southern provinces, it remains resolved to establish friendship ties with African countries.

The royal visit, it went on, confirms Morocco's African vocation and desire to open new perspectives for African peoples that aspire to unify their efforts in order to face problems resulting from under-development and globalisation.

Highlighting the king's initiatives to reinforce economic relations with the least developed African countries, "Al-Alam" recalled that Morocco cancelled their debts and waived taxes on their exports to the kingdom.

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