Arabic News Weekly Edition for Morocco, 1/22/2001
Weekly Edition, Morocco - Week of January 22, 2001
- US Vanco Energy Launches Oil Drilling off Safi Morocco-USA, Business, 1/27/2001
- Sahara issue settlement, a priority to stability in the region European socialist MPs
The settlement of the Sahara issue is a priority for the stability of the region and for the promotion of Euro-Mediterranean partnership. Morocco, Politics, 1/27/2001 - Oil, Gas Discovered off Morocco, Daily Morocco, Economics, 1/27/2001
- King Mohammed, Prince Sultane meet in agadir Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/26/2001
- Cancer hospital to be built in Agadir
Morocco's King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by Saudi defense and aviation minister, Prince Sultane Ibn Abdel Aziz, laid down Thursday the foundation stone for the building of a regional cancer hospital in the Moroccan Atlantic city of Agadir. Morocco, Health, 1/26/2001 - Morocco's debt downsized, minister
Morocco said that its external debt has been significantly reduced, its share of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) having stood at 50 per cent at the end of 2000. Morocco, Economics, 1/26/2001 - Morocco, EU resume technical negotiations on fisheries
Technical negotiations between Morocco and the European Union on fisheries resumed Thursday afternoon in Rabat after a two-week pause. Morocco-European Union, Economics, 1/26/2001 - Real estate and tourism bank increases capital
The governing board of the Moroccan Credit Immobilier et Touristique (CIH), a bank specializing in financing real-estate and tourism projects, has increased its capital by $ 200 million (2 billion Dirhams). Morocco, Economics, 1/26/2001 - Morocco calls EU to open market to moroccan agricultural produce
Morocco on Thursday called on the European Union to open its markets to Moroccan agricultural produce. Morocco-European Union, Economics, 1/26/2001 - Six people killed in road crash
Six people were killed and 26 were injured in a passengers' bus crash Thursday in the medium Atlas mountain town of Azrou, local authorities said. Morocco, Local, 1/26/2001 - Moroccan - Algerian ties probed Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 1/25/2001
- Indonesian MP delegation holds intensive talks with Moroccan officials
A visiting Indonesian MP delegation held Wednesday in Rabat intensive talks with Moroccan officials on means to upgrade cooperation ties between Morocco and Indonesia. Morocco-Indonesia, Politics, 1/25/2001 - King Mohammed meets head of Procter and Gamble group
Morocco's King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Prince Moulay Rachid, received here Wednesday John Pepper, President and Managing Director of the US "Procter & Gamble" Group. Morocco-USA, Business, 1/25/2001 - Salary increase for Moroccan army, gendarmerie and royal guard
Elements of the Royal Armed Forces, the Royal Gendarmerie and the Royal Guard will have a salary increase. Morocco, Local, 1/25/2001 - New DR Congo head of state meets Moroccan official Morocco-Congo, Politics, 1/24/2001
- Rabat, Riyadh eye creation of free trade area
Morocco and Saudi Arabia agreed on the need to reach an adequate formula for the creation of a bilateral free trade area. Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 1/24/2001 - Morocco, Spain to enhance security cooperation
Morocco and Spain on Tuesday voiced determination to enhance their security cooperation and described the consolidation of security mechanisms as a normal measure. Morocco-Spain, Politics, 1/24/2001 - Morocco's GDP to post 8.1 per cent growth in 2001, minister
Morocco's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to grow by 8.1 per cent in 2001, Moroccan economy, finance, privatization and tourism minister, Fathallah Oualalou said on Monday. Morocco, Economics, 1/24/2001 - Morocco, China set up business council
Morocco and China have agreed to set up a business council that will contribute to the consolidation of cooperation and partnership between the two countries. Morocco-China, Business, 1/24/2001 - Madrid pledges to secure Moroccan goods transit via Spain
The Spanish government will take all necessary security measures to secure transit of Moroccan exports via Spain, said Spanish minister of the interior, Jaime Mayor Oreja. Morocco-Spain, Economics, 1/24/2001 - Indonesian MP delegation in Morocco
An Indonesian MP delegation, led by vice-speaker of the Popular Consultative Council Matori Abdeljalil, arrived Tuesday in Casablanca for a four-day work visit to Morocco. Morocco-Indonesia, Politics, 1/24/2001 - Moroccan - Saudi businessmen study obstacles to trade
The Moroccan-Saudi business council held a meeting in Rabat Monday to study obstacles hampering economic and commercial exchanges between the two nations. Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 1/23/2001 - Italian Business Mission in Morocco Morocco-Italy, Economics, 1/23/2001
- Bus crash kills 29, injures 27 Morocco, Local, 1/23/2001
- 28,000 Moroccan Sahrawis settled in europe protest their exclusion from referendum operation
Some 28,000 Moroccan Sahrawis settled in Europe protest their exclusion from the referendum operation, said Lahcen Latif, President of the Europe-settled Sahrawi Tribes Association. Morocco, Politics, 1/23/2001 - European parliament delegation in Morocco wednesday
A delegation from the socialist group at the European Parliament pays a work visit to Morocco Jan.24-26. Morocco-European Union, Politics, 1/23/2001 - Senegalese president calls for end to Polisario affair
President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal called Sunday for an end to the "Polisario and the SADR affair." Morocco-Senegal, Politics, 1/22/2001 - Moroccan - Saudi Joint Commission Meets
Morocco and Saudi Arabia will start on Tuesday in Rabat the 7th session of their joint commission to debate means to upgrade bilateral economic and commercial cooperation. Saudi Arabia-Morocco, Economics, 1/22/2001 - Morocco and Iran take moves to boost cooperation
Morocco and Iran have taken a series of measures to boost cooperation and trade exchanges, on the occasion of the visit to Iran this Jan.16-21 by Moroccan premier, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, the first by such a high level Moroccan official since the Islamic revolution of 1979. Morocco-Iran, Economics, 1/22/2001 - 2001 Judicial Year in Morocco Opens
The public prosecutor's office seeks to see international principles guide all judiciary actions and to consecrate justice as an essential implement to development. Morocco, Judicial, 1/22/2001 - US president voices determination to work jointly with King Mohammed
New US president George Walker Bush voiced determination to work jointly with king Mohammed VI and expressed conviction that the two countries would take up challenges in a spirit of mutual respect. Morocco-USA, Politics, 1/22/2001 - Calls for return of Sahrawi children deported to Cuba
The Moroccan Committee for the Reunion of Sahrawi families, called over the weekend on the international community to act for the return to the homeland of Sahrawi children deported to Cuba and liberation of those sequestered in the Tindouf camps (south-western Algeria). Morocco-Cuba, Politics, 1/22/2001 - Morocco, EU to resume technical talks on fisheries
Morocco and the European Union will resume Technical Talks on Fisheries on Thursday in Rabat, announced Said Chbaatou, fihery minister. Morocco-European Union, Economics, 1/22/2001