You mentioned the Free Trade Agreement and yes I can't tell you how pleased we are that Morocco is one of the countries that our country is going to begin negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
At the very outset I want to say how the people of America appreciate the steadfast support of the people of Morocco, the leadership of Morocco in our war against terrorism.
Let's start getting some free trade agreements started as soon as we can. We need to get on with it; we need to get a grip and make progress.
My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.
I am going to be announcing today that we will have a business delegation come to this country sometime in the future where we will bring businesses from America to Morocco to show them the vast business opportunities here.
We are very anxious to bring the Jews of Morocco over and we are doing all we can to achieve this. But we cannot count on the Jews of Morocco alone to build the country, because they have not been educated for this.
The U.S. views Morocco as an important friend, and we applaud your political and economic reforms that culminated with the recent parliamentary elections that were widely reported to have been conducted in a fair and open manner.
I hope that with the success of the transition to democracy in Tunisia that we will export to Egypt a working democratic model.
All Moroccans are justifiably proud of the development of democratic institutions in Morocco.
Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.
This is my first opportunity to visit this part of North Africa, so I am going to be able to go back home and talk about this beautiful country and encourage Americans to travel here.
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