Morocco's fm starts work visit to London

Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, arrived here on Wednesday for a two-day work visit to Great Britain.

Benaissa is scheduled to meet Thursday British peer, Jack Straw and secretary of state to the foreign affairs in charge of European Affairs, Peter Hain.

Moroccan-British talks will evaluate bilateral cooperation and examine means to develop it, mainly in economic, trade and investments fields.

The head of the Moroccan diplomacy is also expected to meet British legislators, the prime ministers' special envoy to the Middle East, Lord Levy, before moderating a conference at the royal Foreign Affairs Institute on "perspectives of Moroccan foreign policy.