Date : 05/06/2002
KING MOHAMMED VI ARRIVES IN DOHA
DOHA, JUNE 5 (KUNA) -- KING MOHAMMED VI OF MOROCCO ARRIVED IN QATAR ON
WEDNESDAY FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT WHICH MARKS HIS FIRST VISIT TO QATAR SINCE
COMING TO POWER IN MOROCCO IN 1999.
THE AMIR OF QATAR SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL-THANI RECEIVED KING MOHAMMED
AT THE AIRPORT.
TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS ARE EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON BILATERAL RELATIONS
AND WAYS OF BOOSTING THEM AS WELL AS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE REGIONAL
AND INTERNATIONAL ARENAS, TOPPED BY THE CONTINUING DAILY ISRAELI AGGRESSION ON
THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
THE MOROCCAN AMBASSADOR IN QATAR AL-HUSSEIN AZIZ TOLD REPORTERS THAT THE
VISIT IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT COMES AT A VERY DELICATE TIME.
QATAR IS THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE
(OIC). (END)
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