HM King Mohammed VI launches construction of handicapped children center in Agadir
Agadir, Feb.7 - HM King Mohammed VI launched this Monday construction works of a center for handicapped children in the southern Atlantic city of Agadir.
The project, financed by the general mutual insurance of public administrations personnel, will be made of a pavilion for mentally handicapped children and another for children suffering from physical disabilities.
In addition to medical rehabilitation wards (speech therapy, motor disabilities), the center also includes study, health consultation and administrative facilities.
A budget of 11.6 million DH, including 7.5 million DH for construction and 2.05 million DH for the purchase of equipment, was earmarked for the center to extend over 4,456 square meters.
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]HM King Mohammed VI kick-starts building of housing compound in Agadir [/FONT]
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Agadir, Feb.07 – HM King Mohammed VI launched this Monday in the southern Atlantic city of Agadir construction works of a low-cost housing compound extending over 150 hectares.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Private enterprises will be in charge of 80 ha out of the 150 hectares of the project to cost 380 million DH (around 38 million Euro). A total of 70,000 inhabitants will benefit from the lodgings. The compound will be completed by end of 2007.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The sovereign also inquired about progress in the building of the "Hay Mohammadi" new urban zone that extends over 466 HA for a cost of 1.3 billion DH (130 million Euro), the “Tadart” urban pole, extending over 160 ha for a cost of 426 million DH (about 42.6 million Euro), and the new program meant to eradicate shantytowns in the city and its regions by 2007. The program will cost 758 million DH (about 15.8 million Euro).[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]HM King Mohammed VI praises AfDB president performance[/FONT]
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Marrakech, Feb.09- HM King Mohammed VI paid tribute to President of the African Development Bank, Omar Kabbaj (Morocco) for his performance that helped redress the financial situation of the first African financial institution.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The sovereign, who received visiting Kabbaj at the Royal palace of Marrakech, stressed that his action as head of the AfDB lent to the bank international credibility.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Since his election in 1995 as head of the AfDB, with headquarters in Tunisia, Kabbaj, has led the group’s restructuring, which earned him a second election unanimously in 2000 for a second term.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Set up in 1964, the bank extends loans to both governments and the private sector. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]During his stay in Morocco, the AfDB president signed with the Moroccan government loans agreements totalling 430 million euros to finance projects of reforms and drinking water.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Under these accords, 240 million euros are to help the state to liberalize, restructure and boost the competitiveness of the air, road and rail transport. A second loan, worth 121 million euros, will help the government's drive to reform its public administration.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The last loan, of 66.5 million euros, will bring drinking water to inhabitants of rural areas.[/FONT]
Mexican President expected Friday in Morocco
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RABAT, Feb. 9- Mexican President, Vicente Fox will pay on Friday a two-day official visit to Morocco, the first to an Arab country.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A press release from the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery said the visit comes at “the invitation of HM King Mohammed VI” of Morocco.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fox will be accompanied by his spouse and a large delegation of officials and businessmen. He is expected to have talks with the Moroccan monarch who will be hosting a diner in his honour.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fox’s visit comes after the state visit paid by HM King Mohammed VI to Mexico (November 23-25) as part of a tour to five South American countries including Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru.[/FONT]
HM King Mohammed VI to take part in Arab summit of Algiers
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Rabat, Feb.15 – HM King Mohammed VI will take part next March 22-23 in the Arab summit of Algiers.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The sovereign received this Tuesday in Rabat, an envoy of the Algerian president, speaker of the nation’s council, Abdelkader Bensaleh, who extended him an invitation to the Arab summit. [/FONT]
HM King Mohammed VI strongly condemns Hariri’s killing in Beirut blast
Rabat, Feb. 14- HM King Mohammed VI of Morocco has strongly condemned the killing of former Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri, in blast Monday morning in Beirut.
In condolences messages to Lebanese President Emile Lahoud and to the family of the victim, the monarch described Hariri’s assassination as an “odious crime” and a “great loss” for the Lebanese people.
Hariri, a billionaire who helped rebuild Lebanon after decades of war but resigned as prime minister last fall after a sharp dispute with Syria, was killed Monday in a massive bomb explosion that tore through his motorcade. At least nine other people were killed and 100 wounded in the blast.
Hariri, the royal message said, was a “skilled statesman, a figure strongly committed to his country’s interest and had largely contributed to its reconstruction, its development and its progress.”
The monarch also said that morocco has lost in the person of Mr. Hariri a “great friend who endeavoured for the consolidation of brotherly, exemplary and fruitful relations between the two brotherly countries.”
The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation also condemned this killing whose authors, it said, were aiming “the unity, the security and the stability of Lebanon.”