Crown Prince receives French army's chief of staff

Crown Prince Sidi Mohammed, coordinator of the bureaus of services of the general chief of staff of the Royal Armed Forces, received on Wednesday in Rabat Gen. Jean Pierre Kelch, chief of staff of the French Army.

The French officer told the press upon arrival Wednesday in Morocco that his visit to Morocco aims to "assess the military cooperation between our two armies."

"We are used to cooperating together and we, Moroccans and French, are both present in Bosnia," he said, before expressing "pride and admiration" for the professionalism of the Moroccan servicemen deployed in Bosnia.

"We will review all aspects of our cooperation to promote a spirit of partnership," Gen. Kelch said.