Morocco and EU call for activation of political dialogue

Speaker of the Chamber of Advisors (upper chamber of the Moroccan parliament), Mohamed Jalal Essaid, and speaker of the European Parliament, Nicole Fontaine, stressed in Rabat Thursday the need to activate political dialogue.

A statement of the Moroccan chamber said in the perspective of the association agreement between the two sides, it is necessary to remain open to all proposals and initiatives to promote relations.

The Moroccan official, leading a delegation of advisors to the plenary session of the European Parliament held this Dec. 2-3 in Brussels, surveyed at the meeting Morocco's endeavors to harmonize its laws with European ones and to upgrade the competitiveness of its economy.

Morocco's political efforts for the implementation of the UN settlement plan in the Sahara were also highlighted by Essaid, who renewed Morocco's stand that all persons of Sahrawi descent should be allowed to take part in the referendum.

Moroccan legislators also reviewed at a meeting with the EU group in charge of relations with the Maghreb, Morocco's relations with the European Union and various economic, political and social changes going on in the kingdom.