French PM visits Rabat Wednesday

PARIS - 14 November 2017: French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is due to embark Wednesday on a two-day visit to the Moroccan capital, Rabat, leading a delegation comprising 10 cabinet members.

The French premier, alongside his Moroccan counterpart Saadeddine Othmani, will attend the 13th high-level government meeting between France and Morocco.

The meeting will tackle various topics on youths, innovation, growth, decentralised cooperation, immigration as well as prospects of launching projects in Africa, a statement issued the French Ministry of Affairs on Tuesday said.

A numbers agreements are set to be signed during the meeting in several domains.