Press Release: Investment summit aims to boost regional integration and EU investment in Southern Mediterranean

Leaders from the signatories of the Agadir Agreement (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan) met senior EU policy-makers and business representatives on 8 April, 2008, for talks designed to sharply increase EU investment in the Southern Mediterranean. The forum focused on improving legal frameworks for investment, encouraging joint partnerships between EU and Southern Mediterranean businesses and boosting EU investment in the region, which is among the lowest for any such region globally. The Forum was opened by EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson.

European Commission: SPEECH/08/179: Agadir and after: prospects for a Free Trade Area of the Mediterranean http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/08/179&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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