DUBAI, Sept 11 (Reuters) - UAE Etisalat's
France's Vivendi SA
Morocco's government owns 30 percent of Maroc Telecom, with the remaining 17 percent publicly traded.
"We have agreed on all main terms and a deal may be finalised in one to two months," Minister Saadeddine Othmani told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Dubai. "Everyone is happy (with the deal)."
He did not provide further details on the deal.
In August, Vivendi's chief financial officer said the company aimed to completed the sale of its Maroc Telecom stake by year-end.
Maroc Telecom offers fixed-line, mobile and Internet services in the kingdom and is one of Africa's biggest telecom firms, with units in Burkina Faso, Gabon, Mali and Mauritania.
(Reporting by Praveen Menon and Layla Maghribi; Writing by Matt Smith; Editing by Dinesh Nair)
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