Morocco was admitted yesterday, as an observer member, in the Central American Integration System (SICA); a regional grouping including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Belize and the Dominican Republic.
By the end of the meeting, held by SICA foreign affairs’ ministers, in the Dominican Republic, the group’s secretary general, Mr. Hugo Martinez expressed his “happiness about the admission of Morocco as an observer member within this group”.
Morocco has hence become the first African and Arab country to join this regional grouping; alongside Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, United States, Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia, Taiwan, Spain, Germany, Japan, Australia, South Korea, France, the Vatican, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
The Moroccan Times
