Today's stakes in Morocco seminar opens in Barcelona

The seminar "Today's stakes In Morocco" organized by the Moroccan - Spanish Averroes Committee, opened Monday in Barcelona with Cataluna government president Jordi Pujol attending with Moroccan ministers of justice, of communication and government general affairs.

Members of the committee, officials and Scholars will look into action by the Moroccan agency for northern provinces development and the Moroccan bid to host the 2006 football World Cup.

Top officials will hold a side-meeting to probe further cooperation opportunities between the kingdom and Cataluna which includes a large Moroccan community and whose private sector is very active in Morocco.

The Averroes Committee was set up by the second high-level Moroccan-spanish meeting of Feb. 1996 to ponder means to promote mutual knowledge and understanding and dialogue between the Moroccan and spanish people.