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"Bush to ask congress for $100m for Poland," China View, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/10/content_2567438.htm, 10 February 2005.

"Morocco, Poland to strengthen economic relations," Arab News, http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050210/2005021028.html, 10 February 2005.

As we build on our Polish alliance

US President George W. Bush says he would ask Congress for 100 million US dollars to help modernize armed forces in Poland, a staunch ally in the war in Iraq.

During an Oval Office meeting with visiting Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, Bush said on Wednesday that he was confident that Congress would approve the money.

The military aid is fifty percent more than the United States gave Poland last year.

The money will be part of the war funding request the White House is expected to submit to Congress next week.

Polish businessmen convened, in Cassablanca Wednesday, with members of the Casablanca Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services to discuss means to reinforce bilateral trade cooperation.

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This meeting offered the opportunity to Moroccan businessmen to inform their Polish peers on various Moroccan economy aspects, and to discuss, with them, bilateral cooperation possibilities.

In this regard, the Moroccan officials highlighted the importance that Morocco accords to relations with Poland, and, recalling the FTAs that Morocco concluded with the US, Turkey and some Arab states. They also said the kingdom has the potentials to become an important platform for Polish investors.

These meetings fall within the framework of a four-day visit to Morocco of a Polish delegation of MPs and businessmen, led by the Speaker of the Polish Senate, Longin Pastusiak.