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RABAT, Nov 3 (KUNA) -- The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy Catherine Ashton is expected to arrive here on Monday for a
working visit to the Kingdom of Morocco.
During the visit, the first of its kind, she will hold talks with the
Moroccan leaders on the EU neighborhood policy, the regional integration of
the Arab Maghreb region and the security situation in the Sahel region.
The talks will also tackle the dramatic changes in the south Mediterranean
region and the EU-Moroccan special partnership, according to a statement
issued by the European Commission.
The EU supports the political and economic reforms in Morocco and follows
up with interest the enforcement of the Kingdom's new constitution, adopted on
July 1, 2011, it pointed out.
Morocco is one of the main beneficiaries of the EU financial assistances;
it receives EU grants amounting to more than six million dirhams (some USD 698,
653) between 2011 and 2013, the statement added. (end)
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