Moroccan PM: Stalemate in mideast leads to bitterness and disappointment

Morocco Deplored on Monday the persisting stalemate in the Middle-East peace process.

"After the hopes raised by the conclusion of Oslo Accords, we note with bitterness and disappointment that middle east peace prospects are dying to give room to mistrust and tension," Moroccan Prime Minister, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, said.

Youssoufi, who was speaking at a dinner banquet hosted in honor of visiting Cote D'Ivoire peer, Kablan Daniel Duncan, called for giving up the settlement policy and for respecting the Oslo and Washington Accords to restore trust.

"Restoring trust requires the giving up of the Israeli government's settlement policy and the scrupulous respect of the Oslo and Washington accords," Youssoufi said.

Touching on the situation in Iraq, Youssoufi voiced concern over the maintaining of the embargo imposed on this country for 8 years. The disastrous humanitarian situation, which left thousands of victims, is a source of great concern for Morocco, he said.

Youssoufi also voiced hope that the recent evolution in the lockerbie issue will lead to lifting the sanctions imposed on the Maghreban country.