Prince Moulay Rachid's message to visiting media group

Prince Moulay Rachid, president of the promotion committee of the Moroccan bid to host the 2006 World Cup addressed a message to the visiting delegation of European medias at the initiative of the "French-Moroccan Friendship Circle."

The message read out in a dinner hosted in Casablanca by the Moroccan airlines, RAM, by the committee's acting president, Driss Benhima, recalled how repeated bids by Morocco promoted the idea of Africa being able to host the event and insisted on how legitimate the Moroccan claim is.

The message showed the role played by Moroccan football in giving the continent the status it now enjoys and assets that enable the kingdom, backed by the Arab states and most of Africa, stage a state of the art and innovative edition of the World Cup.