Morocco Loses up to $2 Billion in Trade Imbalance with Turkey

Morocco’s trade minister Moulay Hafid Elalamy reiterated the need for a review of the trade agreement with Turkey whose imbalances cost Morocco $2 billion annually. Speaking to MPs, Elalamy said that Morocco may scrap the deal if no agreement is reached to redress the dysfunctions. While praising the benefits of the free trade deals signed […]

For Morocco, foreign policy is a matter of sovereignty

Morocco considers foreign policy a matter of sovereignty and deems that coordination with Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, must be done on both sides and must not be selective. The remarks were made Thursday in Casablanca by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at a joint briefing with his Jordanian counterpart […]

Mauritania : $21million aircraft equipment to fight terrorism

The relations between Nouakchott and Washington with regards to the fight against terrorism have been boosted with a $21million worth of military aircraft equipment to counter the growing threat of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Mauritania is considered as a strategic location to fight against terrorism in the Maghreb and its soldiers also have […]