Morocco's ambassador to Russia Lotfi Bouchaara met, Wednesday, with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Vershinin, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced in a statement. The talks focused on «strengthening bilateral relations and political dialogue» between Rabat and Moscow. The settlement of the Western Sahara issue was also at the heart of this meeting. The same goes for the situation in North Africa as well as the increase in trade between the two parties. A month ago, the Moroccan Ambassador in Moscow met with the President's Special Representative for the Middle East and African Countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.