Moroccan PM in Brussels for talks with EU officials

Morocco's Prime Minister, Driss Jettou, will start Tuesday a visit to Brussels for meetings with European officials, it was officially announced on Friday. Jettou will meet head of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, on consequences of the blasts that shook Casablanca May 16, Morocco's role in the struggle against world terrorism, the evolution in Morocco-EU partnership and Maghreb-EU cooperation, a spokesman for Prodi told MAP.

He will also confer with European commissioner of foreign relations, Chris Patten, on bilateral ties consolidation, Commissioner of trade, Pascal Lamy, and high representative for EU foreign policy and common security, Javier Solana.