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Article: MOROCCO JOINS GALILEO SATELLITE NAVIGATION PROGRAMME.(European satellite navigation system)(Rabat)(Brief article)
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- Europe-East
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- November 11, 2005
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Negotiations on Morocco's participation in the Galileo programme, the European satellite navigation system, are finally over. On November 8, the European Commission announced that an agreement with Rabat had been signed. The agreement will cover industrial and scientific cooperation and the development of specific Galileo applications for Morocco and the Mediterranean region in general. Morocco is the first African and fifth non-European country to join the Galileo programme, after the conclusion ...