MOROCCO WILL DESIGNATE ALL U.S. AIRLINES UNDER

					  UNCLAS RABAT 000311 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/MAG AND EB/TRA/AN 
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO FAA 
PARIS FOR FAA LIRIO LIU 
MADRID FOR TSA LUZ PONCE 
USDOC FOR ITA/MAC/ANESA DAVID ROTH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAIR KTIA MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO WILL DESIGNATE ALL U.S. AIRLINES UNDER 
OPEN SKIES 
 
REF: A. 05 STATE 220707 
 
     
B. RABAT 0023 
 
					

1. Post received diplomatic note number 0518 dated February
20, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accepting Ref
A proposal for a blanket designation of all U.S. air carriers
under the October 2001 Air Transport Agreement between the
United States and Morocco.



2. Unofficial embassy translation of diplomatic note is
below. Original French-language version will be faxed to
EB/TRA/AN attention Laurence Jones.

BEGIN TEXT:

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the
Kingdom of Morocco presents its compliments to the Embassy of
the United States of America, and, with reference to its note
number 369 dated December 20th, 2005 relative to the
designation by the Government of the United States of all
American airlines in accordance with Article 3 of the Air
Transport Agreement signed on October 10, 2001, has the honor
to inform the Embassy that the proposed designation does not
raise any objections from the relevant Moroccan authorities,
subject to the condition that the designated airlines have
operating licenses provided by the authorities of each of the
parties, and that these authorities maintain the effective
regulatory control over their airline carriers." END TEXT
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