Rabat, September 19, 2011 (MAP)Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi Fihri, said, on Sunday in Rabat, that Morocco and Russia are willing to deepen political dialogue on different regional issues.Speaking during a press briefing following talks with Mikhail Margelov, Special Envoy of Russian President, Dmitri Medvedev, the Moroccan official highlighted the willingness of the two countries to further promote political dialogue on different regional issues.
Speaking during a press briefing following talks with Mikhail Margelov, Special Envoy of Russian President, Dmitri Medvedev, the Moroccan official highlighted the willingness of the two countries to further promote political dialogue on different regional issues.
During the meeting, the two parties exchanged views on the situation in the Arab world and Africa, adding that the prospects for a stable Libya confident in its future were also examined.
On the security situation in the region of the Sahara and the Sahel, Fassi Fihri expressed Morocco’s concerns regarding the terrorist activities in the Sahel and said that the means to cooperate to counter this threat were raised during the talks.
The meeting was also an occasion to recall the visit by HM King Mohammed VI to Russia, during which the two countries signed a strategic partnership, and the visit by former Russian President Vladimir Putin to Morocco.
Since then, Fassi Fihri said, the two countries endeavour to give a “tangible dimension” to their partnership.
Margelov is on a visit to Morocco as part of an African tour that led him to Niger, Mali and Mauritania.
