King receives US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs

Originally published May 14, 2004

Morocco's King Mohammed VI received Thursday US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, William Burns, who arrived in Morocco after a brief visit to Algeria.

Burns was accompanied by Atul Keshap, director of the national security council, Terry Snell, European affairs political advisor, Wayne Bush, charge d'affaires in the US embassy in Rabat and Thimothy Lenderking, political affairs advisor in the US embassy.

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