Speaker of Tunisian parliament meets Basri in Rabat
Morocco-Tunisia, Politics, 7/9/1999

Speaker of the Tunisian chamber of representatives, Fouad Mebazza, who started on Wednesday a four-day official visit to Morocco, conferred in Rabat Thursday with Moroccan Minister of the Interior Driss Basri.

Talks covered the democratic gains achieved by the two Maghreban states and the role of legislative institutions in consolidating the rule of law and in upgrading economic and social development.

The two sides also discussed means of promoting bilateral cooperation and exchange.

The speaker of the Tunisian Parliament held similar meetings with the minister in charge of Maghreb and Arab and Islamic world affairs, Abdeslam Znined, and the minister of territory development, environment, town planning and housing, Mohamed El Yazghi.

Bilateral relations and the edification of the Arab Maghreb Union were at the focus of talks.

The construction of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) and the role of parliamentary institutions in the undertaking were equally discussed during the separate meetings Fouad Mebazza had on Wednesday with the speakers of the two chambers of the Moroccan Parliament, Abdelouahed Radi and Jalal Essaid.

The two sides voiced satisfaction at the new climate prevailing in the region and that heralds the revival of the UMA and stressed the need to make up for lost time and push forward the Maghreban march to enable the countries of the region take up the economic and social challenges thrown at them.

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