King Hassan leaves Cairo after signing 13 agreements with President Mubarak

Moroccan monarch King Hassan II left Egypt yesterday to return to his country after a visit that lasted for three days, in which he held three bilateral meetings with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

President Mubarak and King Hassan on Thursday discussed the situation in the Middle East and inter-Arab consultations to eliminate the current stalemate in the regional peace process.

Meanwhile the two sides headed the works of the Egyptian - Moroccan high committee, thus the talks tackled recent developments of the peace process, the efforts exerted to resume the negotiations and discussing number of issues of joint interest.

Moreover, they signed 13 agreements, the most prominent of which are agreements to establish a free trade zone for expanding trade and investment in construction, industry, agriculture, fishing, tourism and transportation, beside agreements to combat terrorism and extremism and extradite criminals.

They also signed an agreement to establish a Moroccan - Egyptian joint holding company to increasing investment and trade between the two countries with a capital of $100 million.