Ambassador to the US Aziz Mekouar of Morocco

Ambassador Mekouar has also served as first counselor and deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of Morocco in Rome (1977-1985), and permanent representative of Morocco to the International Bureau for Information Technology (1978-1985.

Ambassador Mekouar has published numerous papers on world economic issues.

Born on November 13, 1950 in Fez, Morocco, Ambassador Mekouar is fluent in Arabic, English, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Mekouar has overseen the negotiation and signing of a Free Trade Agreement between Morocco and the United States, and has worked to foster understanding between the American and the Moroccan peoples.

Aziz Mekouar:Aziz Mekouar is the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United States since 2002.

Though many Moroccans once thought their country immune to the threat faced by many other countries, Ambassador Mekouar described a series of terrorist attacks in recent years that have brought the threat home.

Ambassador Mekouar described the multi-dimensional counterstrategy Morocco has implemented to combat terrorists.

Ambassador Aziz Mekouar says that with negotiations due to be completed in December, the FTA will mark a dramatic change in bilateral relations.

Ambassador Mekouar says that Morocco accepted the first solution proposed by special UN.

Having served as his country's ambassador to Portugal and Italy, Mekouar says he "likes being an ambassador in Washington, because you are at the center of the world.

Mekouar said Moroccan officials are committed to destroying terrorist cells and that Moroccans were as shocked by the Casablanca attack as Americans were after the Sept.

Mekouar is currently the Ambassador of Morocco to the United States and participated in the negotiation of the Morocco/United States free trade agreement and the Millennium Challenge Account wherein the United States granted US$697 million for Moroccan development projects.

granted US$697 million for Moroccan development projects.

Mekouar expressed that Houston was “the place where some of the most important took place in the United States” and he added that “I hope Morocco starts a closer relationship with the business centres of this city.

Mekouar met Tuesday in San Francisco with officials of over 30 companies to underscore the potentials of Morocco's economy and the promising sectors in the north African country such as agriculture, agro-food industry, pharmaceutics, textile, tourism, infrastructures and fisheries.

Ambassador for Morocco in the USA 2002.

1999, and Ambassador to Angola from 1986 to 1993.

and a thesis on the fisheries sector in Argentina.

Ambassador Mekouar discusses the past, present and future relationship between Morocco and the United States.

Ambassador Mekouar has also served as minister plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in Morocco (1985-1986), permanent representative of Morocco to the International Bureau for Information Technology (1978-1985), and first counselor and deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of Morocco in Rome (1977-1985.

Ambassador Mekouar is fluent in Arabic, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Following his presentation, Mekouar was whisked away for a private tour of the Irvine Spectrum and said he hoped to get in some local sightseeing before returning to the embassy in Washington, D.

Ambassador Mekouar is making Houston his first stop in what the Moroccan-American Trade & Investment Council (MATIC) calls "an aggressive effort to encourage investment and increased trade.

Note to Editors: A photo of Ambassador Aziz Mekouar is available with this press release at.

Mekouar is on an aggressive, multi-city tour to inform US.

Mekouar was appointed ambassador of His Majesty the King of Morocco to the United States in 2002.

Mekouar is Morocco's ambassador in Italy, Malta and Albania and permanent representative at the World Food Program (WFP) and the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD.

Mekouar said that the current king, Mohammed VI, whom he called "very popular" among Moroccans, had also been very involved in initiatives to expand women's rights within the domestic sphere and to ensure the protection of human rights.

mission at the Embassy of Morocco in Rome (1977-1985.