VOL. XLVI

No 44

3-November-2003

MOROCCO

AID

US Initiates $60Mn/Year Aid Program For Morocco; Says Free Trade Deal On Track

The US Assistant Secretary of State for North African and Middle East Affairs, William Burns, announced on 28 October in Rabat that the US had initiated a $60mn/year aid program for Morocco starting next year, according to the Moroccan news agency MAP. The amount will be divided between military aid of $20mn (double the current figure) and non-military aid of $40mn. Mr Burns...