Cohen to visit Morocco

Originally published February 9, 2000

US Secretary of Defense William Cohen will start tomorrow an African tour that will include Morocco for talks on regional security and defense relations.

Senior U.S. Defense officials announced yesterday at the Pentagon that Cohen will meet with King Mohammed VI of Morocco to discuss topics that include regional security, the situations in Algeria and Libya, Iraq, and development of defense relations between the United States and Morocco. The trip will cover Nigeria, and South Africa.

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