US State Department briefings

It was announced in Rabat on Monday that US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will arrive in Morocco on Wednesday, at the beginning of her visit to the region. The visit will last for one day. Albright's visit to the region aims to "take stock, and to look ahead to the intensive period we're entering in which there are, we hope and expect, going to be final status negotiations, and negotiations on all tracks to close the circle of peace in the Middle East," according to the State Department.