King Mohammed receives vice-speaker of French senate

Originally published July 11, 2001

Morocco's King Mohammed VI received this Wednesday morning at the royal palace in Tangiers, jean-Claude Gaudin, vice-speaker of the French senate and mayor of Marseille (southern France).

The king granted to the French official the grand cordon of the Alawit Wissam distinction.

Gaudin was accompanied by chairman of water utility "Societe des Eaux de Marseille," Philipe Gerard and honoray president of the city's association of notaries.

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