The American secretary of state Colin Powell is to co-Preside the Moroccan Forum for the Future together with the Moroccan foreign minister Mohamed Benaïssa. The Forum is due to take place December 11 in Rabat, according to <i>PANA</i>, which bases its report on an official source in the Moroccan capital.
This meeting will bring together North African and Middle East foreign and finance ministers together with ministers from the G8 group of industrialized countries.
Subjects that top the agenda include democracy, economic development and civil society dialogue. The American delegation will be made of senior officials, including John Snow, a treasury official.
The Forum was first set up during a meeting of North African and Middle East foreign and finance ministers held September 24 in New York.
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