US agency focuses Morocco strategy on job generation

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said it will focus its new Morocco strategy on generating more jobs.

The announcement was made by James Bednar, USAID Director for Morocco, at a meeting with Moroccan health minister, Mohamed Sheikh Biadillah.

"USAID will adopt, as of next September, a new strategy in Morocco based on job generation, one of the top priorities of King Mohammed VI," Bednar said.

Next September will also mark a new start of cooperation between Morocco and the United States, an approach that will pay more attention to Morocco's priorities and stakes, he said. "The Americans will be partners rather than donors," he added.