King Mohammed receives French Senate speaker

Originally published November 11, 1999

King Mohammed VI received in Marrakech Wednesday afternoon the speaker of the French Senate, Christian Poncelet. The meeting was attended by speaker of the Moroccan Chamber of Advisors (upper house), Jalal Essaid, and France's ambassador to Morocco, Michel De Bonnecorse.

The French senate speaker had attended in the morning in Rabat the opening session of a colloquy on the bicameral system experience in Morocco and France.

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