Benaissa meets visiting Qatari state minister

Originally published May 10, 2000

Foreign affairs and cooperation minister Mohamed Benaissa met here Wednesday with visiting Qatari state minister Abdallah Ben Khalifa Al Atia, who handed him a message from the Qatari ruler Sheikh Hamad Al Khalifa Al Thani destined to King Mohammed VI.

Upon arrival Monday, the state minister said he was bearing an invitation to the Moroccan sovereign for the 9th Islamic Conference, slated for November in Doha.

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