GAZIANTEP (AA) - Abdelkebir Zahoud, the Moroccan Secretary of State to the Ministry of Territorial Management, Water, & Environment in Charge of Water, said on Tuesday that his country wanted to further improve commercial relations with Turkey.
     Zahoud, who met Governor Lutfullah Bilgin of southeastern city of Gaziantep, said that the Moroccan government attached great importance to trade relations with Turkey and said that two countries should make best use of each others' experiences.
     Recalling that deputy prime ministers of the two countries signed in April of 2004 a protocol to further improve commercial relations, Zahoud said, ''six Moroccan ministers visited Turkey since the protocol was signed. I am visiting Gaziantep to visit the GAP (Southeastern Anatolia Project) region.''
     Zahoud and accompanying delegation also visited Gaziantep Organized Industry Zone.
     (BRC-ULG)
2004-12-21