Former Italian speaker visits Morocco

Former speaker of the Italian council, Massemo D'Alema, was to start on Wednesday a four-day visit to Morocco. D'Alema, head of the Italian Leftist Democrats party, will be visiting Morocco at the invitation of the first secretary of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) and former premier, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, USFP said in a release.

D'Alema, who will meet several government members, will give on Friday in Rabat a lecture on the consequences of war in Iraq on international and regional situation, the release said.