Morocco resolved to implement agreement on information technology, ambassador

Morocco is determined to implement all provisions of the 1996 Agreement on Information Technology (ATI) to which it recently adhered, said, here Wednesday, Moroccan Ambassador to the UN in Geneva.

Rachid Hilale who was addressing the Committee on the expansion of information technologies' products at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneva, said by adhering to this agreement, Morocco has "fully taken into accounts" the three basic principles of this agreement.

So far, 60 WTO member countries have joined this committee.

He said that Morocco's imports of products concerned by the ATI increased from 2 to 11 billions dirham between 1997 and 2001. Most of these products were imported from the European Union (EU).

"We feel that Morocco has a lot to gain from its membership to ATI," said the Moroccan diplomat adding that a suppression of customs duties on ATI products will have a positive impact.