Visiting Moroccan delegation chief Abdelhaq Tazi said in Beijing
on Monday that Morocco and China enjoy good political relations,
expressing the hope that the two sides could further enhance
bilateral economic and trade relations.
Tazi, chief of parliamentary group and member of the executive
committee of the Independence Party of Morocco (IPM), made the
remarks during an interview with the Chinese media.
He said Morocco and China share same or similar stances on many
regional and international issues. The two sides also have good
cooperation in some international organizations such as in the
UN.
Morocco supports China's stance on the UN reform, that the
reform should help the UN play a bigger role in the world, and has
always firmly adhered to the one-China policy, he said.
Tazi also expressed his hope to see more Chinese investment in
Morocco and other African countries, and invited more Chinese
travelers to go to Morocco.
On the relations between the IPM and the Communist Party of
China (CPC), Tazi said the exchange of visits and experience
between the two parties in the past was very helpful for
strengthening party-to-party relations, and the two sides should
carry out more cooperation in the future.
China will host the first summit of China-Africa Cooperation
Forum this year in Beijing. Tazi spoke highly of China's proposal
to set up such a forum, which he said shows China's willingness to
further consolidate and develop relationship with the African
countries. He also said that Morocco will promote more meetings in
such forms between China and the African countries.
Morocco will attend the Beijing summit and promote the forum
with active efforts, in a bid to make it conducive to the interests
of both the African and Chinese people, Tazi said.
The IPM delegation, at the invitation of the CPC, is paying a
five-day visit to China from February 17 to 21. Besides Beijing,
the delegates also visited the economic hub Shanghai in East
China.
(Xinhua News Agency February 21, 2006)
