President Arafat meets Moroccan delegation in Gaza

Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, received Tuesday in self-ruled Gaza members of the Moroccan delegation that arrived early Tuesday morning aboard a Moroccan airliner marking the official inauguration of the Gaza airport.

During the audience, Moroccan Islamic affairs minister, Abdelkebir Alaoui Mdaghri, conveyed Palestinian president a message from King Hassan II. The other members of the Moroccan delegation, comprising ministers, businessmen and journalists, offered gifts to the Palestinian leader on the occasion of the opening of the 1st Palestinian airport, symbol of the Palestinian sovereignty and statehood.

The Moroccan plane was the 2nd Arab airliner to touch down at the Yasser Arafat International Airport after an Egyptian plane. Other planes followed coming namely from Jordan, Spain, Austria and Israel.

The Moroccan flag carrier "Royal Air Maroc" (RAM) signed on Wednesday an accord with the Palestinian civil aviation authority for the servicing of two weekly flights between Casablanca and Gaza.