Morocco backs Amr Moussa's candidacy to Arab League top position

Originally published February 20, 2001

Morocco has expressed backing to the candidacy of Amr Moussa to the post of Arab league Secretary General. An official source in Rabat said Morocco is backing Moussa's candidacy to the position.

Amr Moussa, current Egyptian foreign minister, will replace, if he gets the post, his countryman Esmat Abdel Meguid.

Abdel Meguid has been holding the position since March 1991.

The Arab League is headquartered in Cairo.

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