King Mohammed receives Spanish congress speaker
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 11/10/1999

King Mohammed VI received at the royal palace of Marrakesh on Tuesday the speaker of the Spanish Congress of deputies (lower house), Federico Trillo Sijueroa.

The audience was attended by the speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives (lower house), Abdelouahed Radi, and Spain's ambassador to Morocco.

At a news conference he held on Monday, Federico Trillo had said that the decisions made by King Mohammed VI to consolidate democracy, human rights and social justice are highly appreciated by all Spanish parliamentarians.

The congress speaker hailed the sovereign's resolve to consolidate constitutional monarchy, democracy and human rights and the keen interest he grants to social issues out of concern to improve the living standards of the poor layers of the society and to struggle against poverty, describing these initiatives as "laudable."

The Spanish congress speaker, who started his visit to Morocco last Friday, had held talks in Rabat with several Cabinet members, including Premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister Mohamed Benaissa, and Minister of Agriculture Habib Malki, as well as with the speakers of the two chambers of the Moroccan parliament.

Talks covered Moroccan-Spanish cooperation, cooperation between the two countries' parliamentary institutions, the Sahara issue as well as the issue of fisheries.

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