Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao met in Rabat Tuesday with
Moroccan Prime Minister Driss Jettou, Senate President Moustapha
Okacha, and Chamber of Representatives President Abdeloughed
Radi.
In his meeting with Jettou, Hu said China and Morocco enjoy
sound political relations and great potentials for economic and
trade cooperation.
He said he hoped the two countries will explore new ways and
means to expand economic and trade cooperation.
He suggested that the two countries expand bilateral trade and
investment cooperation in such key areas as agriculture, fishery,
oil and gas development, push forward project engineering covering
Morocco's infrastructural projects such as highway, railway, tunnel
and telecommunications, and promote tourism cooperation with the
hope to better implement bilateral agreements in this regard.
Jettou agreed with Hu and said Morocco hopes to become China's
economic and trade partner, which conforms with Morocco's
interest.
He said a number of Morocco's projects in highway, port and
power construction welcome China's participation.
The Moroccan government will provide Chinese enterprises with
preferential policies to facilitate their investment, said
Jettou.
In his respective meetings with Okacha and Radi, Hu said the
development of bilateral friendship and cooperation is in the
fundamental interest of the two countries and their peoples, and
conducive to peace, stability and development of the region.
Hu said the Chinese side will work with the Moroccan side to
continuously enhance bilateral friendship and cooperation.
He said he hoped that the two parliaments continue exchanges so
as to push forward the political and economic development of the
two countries, thus making contributions to bilateral friendship
and cooperation.
Okacha said he hoped to keep contacts with China's National
People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference to promote mutual understandings and the development of
bilateral relations.
Radi said the Moroccan parliament will make all-out efforts to
push forward bilateral relations.
Okacha and Radi stressed Morocco's one-China policy, which was
appreciated by Hu.
Hu started his three-day state visit to Morocco Monday.
Morocco is the third leg of Hu's five-nation tour which has
already taken him to the US and Saudi Arabia, and will also take
him to Nigeria and Kenya.
China-Morocco trade reached US$1.5 billion in 2005, increasing
by 28 percent compared with the previous year.
(Xinhua News Agency April 26, 2006)
