Washington - Governor of the American State of Maine (north-east the United States) Paul LePage hailed, on Friday, Morocco's strategic positioning as an important Free Trade Zone in the world and a bridge to the region of north Africa and Europe, thanks to the significant infrastructure developed by Morocco over the past fifteen years.
As one of the most important FTZs in the world, Morocco has developed solid infrastructure to become a bridge towards north Africa and the European Union, said LePage in a statement announcing his upcoming visit to the Kingdom to take part in the official inauguration, on April 22 in Tangiers, of the international campus of the University of New England (UNE).
The governor said he intends to explore, on the occasion of his visit, trade and investment opportunities between the State of Maine and Morocco, which is linked to the USA by a FTA in force since 2006.
He lauded the opening in Tangiers of the first international campus of the University of New England which is one of the main academic institutions of the State of Maine, deeming that the Tangiers campus will lay the bases for an educational partnership that would broaden academic opportunities for the University's students and ensure Maine's presence in the world's economy.