Moroccan, French Senates agree to step up cooperation

The Moroccan Chamber of Advisors (upper house of the parliament) signed a cooperation accord Wednesday in Paris with the French Senate.

The accord, which was initialed by Mohammed Jalal Essaid, speaker of the Moroccan chamber of advisors and his French peer, Christian Poncelet, provides for the exchange of legislative experiences, documents and the holding of joint training sessions to the benefit of the two countries' lawmakers and personnel working in various legislative bodies.

Under the accord, the French senate also pledged to provide to the Moroccan chamber all necessary technical assistance to ensure good management of legislative affairs and build its own website.

The Moroccan official, who arrived Wednesday in Paris, conferred the same day with Speaker of the French senate as well as Head of the senate foreign affairs committee.

Talks focused on Moroccan-French relations, trade exchanges, investment, Morocco-European Union partnership, the major achievements made by Morocco in various sectors and efforts to enhance democracy and human rights.