Speaker of German Bundestag starts visit to Morocco

Speaker of the Bundestag, lower chamber of the German parliament, Wolfgang Thierse, started this Wednesday a three-day visit for talks with Moroccan officials on peace in the Middle East and Morocco's role in promoting rapprochement between peoples of the region.

The German official who will visit Morocco, part of an African tour that will first lead him to Mali will also review with Moroccan officials bilateral relations at the political and legislative levels and prospects of peace in the Middle East region.

In Casablanca, Thierse will visit the King Abdelaziz Foundation, an institution of islamic studies and research and will confer with Moroccan islamic theologians on means to promote dialogue and co-existence between different religions and cultures.

The German official is also expected to meet with a group of Moroccan islamic theologians on inter-religious and inter-culture dialogue and communication channels needed to reach co-existence between different cultures and religions.

The Bundestag speaker is scheduled to meet the Moroccan prime minister, the speakers of the two legislative bodies, the minister of economy and finance and the minister of culture.