Oman, Morocco set up business council

Oman and Morocco decided at the first session of the Moroccan-Omani joint commission held here Monday to set up a businessmen council that will explore investment and partnership opportunities between the two sides.

The session-- that was cochaired by Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, and Omani minister of culture, Faycal Ibn Ali Ibn Faycal Al Saeed-finalized a draft agreement on investments encouragement and protection and probed cooperation possibilities in agriculture, fisheries, tourism, health, equipment, transport, and monuments rehabilitation.

The two sides also discussed cooperation in the cultural and scientific realms and the Moroccan delegation presented two draft programs on cooperation in the cultural, educational, scientific and media fields.

While in Oman, Benaissa also conferred with his Omani peer, Youssef Ben Aloui Ben Abdellah, and with Sultan Qabous' special advisor for external relations, Omar Ben Abdelmounim, on inter-Arab relations, mainly in economic matters in the prospect of fulfilling Arab integration.