RABAT, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- A regional meeting on migration opened in the Moroccan city of Skhirat with the aim to elaborate an African agenda on the issue.
The three-day meeting brings together representatives of African states, the United Nations, the African Union, NGOs and academics.
Speaking during the opening of the meeting, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita said the informal session aims to open a deep dialogue between the politician, the experts and the civil society.
Since March, Morocco's king Mohammed VI has been in charge of coordinating the migration issue within the African Union.
In his speech addressed to the 29th AU Summit last July, the Moroccan king stressed the need for African states to work together to develop an African Agenda on migration question that includes a common vision.
The meeting is expected to be the first step in developing the promised African Agenda on migration.
