Morocco extends support to India for UNSC membership

New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) Morocco Thursday extended
support for India's permanent membership to the United Nation
Security Council.
The Morrocan support was extended by its Foreign
Minister Tai Fassi Fihri during his meet with his Indian
counterpart S M Krishna.
"Moroccan Foreign Minister Tai Fassi Fihri expresses
full support for India's permanent membership of UNSC," an
official of the Ministry of External Affairs said.
Fihri, who came here Wednesday evening on an official
visit will leave later in the night.
India was active in the United Nations in supporting
Moroccan freedom movement and recognised Morocco on June 20,
1956 when it became independent of the protectorate
arrangements with France.
Bilateral trade between the two nations has been
growing in the past 10 years and had reached USD 1.19 billion
in 2008-09.