King Mohammed receives US assistant secretary of state

Originally published December 12, 2001

Morocco's King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by his brother Prince Moulay Rachid, received this Wednesday at the Royal Palace in Fez, US assistant secretary of state for the Middle East, William Burns.

The US official was accompanied by US ambassador to Morocco Ms. Margaret Tutwiler.

The audience was attended by minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, and secretary of state for foreign affairs and cooperation Taib Fassi Fihri.

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