Morocco and Senegal to seek Japan's financing to Rosso bridge

Morocco and Senegal confirmed plans to seek Japan's funding to build a bridge on the Senegal river, that is part of the Dakar-Tangiers road.

According to Senegalese press agency (APS), Moroccan and Senegalese equipment, infrastructure and transport ministers examined at a meeting in Rabat on Wednesday plans to carry out the ambitious road project, in conformity with the two African countries' heads of state

Building the Rosso bridge is for the time being the missing link in achieving the Dakar-Tangiers road, said Moroccan transports minister, Karim Ghallab.

To date, only the road linking two Mauritanian cities Nouadhibou and Nouakchott is being built, thanks to funds obtained by Mauritania.

The 500 Km-long road will be completed in 2005 and building a toll-free bridge over the Senegal river is a strong symbol of the dynamism of Moroccan-Senegalese longstanding relations, said the Moroccan official.

The two officials also examined the creation of a Casablanca-Dakar maritime line.