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Morocco's upper house approves constituent act of African Union

Xinhua, January 20, 2017 Adjust font size:

The Moroccan House of Advisors, the upper house, unanimously approved here on Thursday the constitutive act of the African Union (AU).

The house also adopted the additional protocol and the bill on the approval of the act to allow the Moroccan government to go on with its bid to rejoin the AU as of its 28th summit scheduled on Jan. 22-31 at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The vote of the House of Advisors comes a day after a similar approval by the House of Representatives, the lower house of the parliament.

After these votes, the Moroccan government has the green light to rejoin AU.

The council of ministers, which is chaired by the king, approved the draft texts on Jan. 10.

Morocco left the organization of African Unity, which later became the AU, in 1984.

The North African country made an official request in last September to join the AU.

In recent weeks, the Moroccan king has toured several African countries seeking support for the bid. Endit