Prospecting for potential in Marrakech

Experts and officials from the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) agreed, on Tuesday in Marrakech, on the need to transcend difficulties in order to achieve "optimal Maghreb integration". On the eve of the conclave of AMU Finance Ministers, these officials prospected, during a meeting, the potential for Maghreb integration in a globalised international context characterised by strong economic concentrations, particularly in Europe, America and Asia. "The AMU countries share common concerns at several levels and their integration should strengthen their position in negotiations with the various partners," declared to MAP the Director General of Financing at the Tunisian Ministry of Finance, Souhir Taktak, hence, she stressed, "the need to overcome the difficulties that hinder the realisation of this integration and to unite efforts to face the challenges facing the region". Ms. Taktak also indicat…