Morocco King holds talks with Zuma in Abidjan

Rabat, Nov 30 (IANS/MAP) Morocco's King Mohammed VI has met South African President Jacob Zuma for the first time in Côte dIvoire's city Abidjan on the sidelines of the 5th African Union-European Union Summit.

The meeting between the two leaders took place on Wednesday. Mohammed VI and Zuma agreed to work together for a "promising future as Morocco and South Africa are two important poles of political stability and economic development, respectively in the extreme north and the south of the continent", the report said.

The leaders agreed to maintain direct contact and launch a fruitful economic as well as political partnership in order to build strong, lasting and stable relations.

They also decided to raise the level of diplomatic representation through the appointment of high-level ambassadors in Rabat and in Pretoria.

--IANS/MAP

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