On this occasion, HRH Prince Moulay Rachid handed merit awards to participants with outstanding perfomances, in addition to farmers involved in sectors picked for the 2010-2011 agricultural campaign.

    The dinner was attended notably by Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi, Speaker of the House of Representatives Abdelwahed Radi, Speaker of the House of Advisors Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah, high-ranking officials and top diplomats.

    The event was marked by Koran reading on the souls of those who have perished in the terrorist attack committed last Tursday in a café in the city of Marrakech.