President Wade and Premier Youssoufi probe cooperation

Visiting Senegalese head of state Abdoulaye Wade and Moroccan premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi probed bilateral cooperation and drew the balance-sheet for one-year exchanges since the visit of the Moroccan Premier to Dakar last year.

Youssoufi later told the press political, economic, social and cultural issues were examined during the meeting which also focused on an association agreement to be passed by the kingdom and the West-African economic and monetary union, within which Senegal plays a leading role.

African key issues such as immigration were also covered.

President Wade who arrived on Monday in Marrakesh for a three-day official visit and held two rounds of talks with King Mohammed VI in Marrakesh, flew to Rabat this Wednesday morning to meet Moroccan businessmen and economic operators.

Meantime, Wade successively conferred on Tuesday with the speakers of the House of Representatives and the Chamber of Advisors, Abdelwahed Radi and Mohammed Jalal Essaid. The two sides covered special friendship ties and ever-increasing economic cooperation between the two countries underscoring the similarity in their democratization process.