Moroccan foreign minister in Madrid

Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Mohamed Benaissa arrived in Madrid on Wednesday for a three-day official visit to Spain at the invitation of his Spanish peer Abel Matutes.

Benaissa will confer with Spanish officials on bilateral relations as well as on regional and international issues of common concern.

Benaissa, who was appointed to the post last April 8, had met Abel Matutes during the third Euro-Mediterranean conference in Stuttgart and on the occasion of the fifth Moroccan-Spanish high level meeting, held in Madrid end of April.