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Moroccan foreign and trade ministers in Geneva

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Foreign Affairs and cooperation minister Mohamed Benaissa and minister of industry, trade and handicraft minister Alami Tazi arrived in Geneva sunday.

Benaissa, who chairs the 77 Group, attends today the annual meeting of UNCTAD's Trade and Development Council. He takes the floor to give outlines of documents adopted this autumn in Marrakesh by 77 Group ministers and which are new grounds for monday talks within UNCTAD.

Tazi is taking part in an informal ministerial meeting in Lausanne on preparation for the third World Trade Organization ministerial conference and coming multilateral trade talks.

The Lausanne meeting is attended by the major four (USA, EU, Japan and Canada), director general Mike Moore, WTO general-council chairman Ali Mchumol and 20 ministers.

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