Visit By Nicolas Hulot To Rabat Postponed By Morocco, Diplomatic Sources

The visit which was scheduled, on Monday in Rabat, by Nicolas Hulot, special envoy of French president for the planet protection, was postponed by Morocco, diplomatic sources said.

Nicolas Hulot was scheduled to give a lecture in Rabat on the theme of the planet protection and meet with Moroccan officials.

 This postponement was made by Rabat while awaiting explanations on the complaint lodged in France by an NGO against the director general of territory surveillance (DGST) for an alleged torture complicity in Morocco, the same source said.

 The postponement was also made by Rabat while waiting the French authorities to provide explanations concerning the hurtful words and demeaning expressions by the Ambassador of France in Washington, who described Morocco as a "mistress with whom we sleep every night and, though we are not particularly in love with her, must defend."

MAP 24 February 2014