Military Cooperation: Morocco Participates in NATO’s Sea Guardian Operation

Morocco has participated in NATO’s Sea Guardian Operation, the task group having recently completed its sixth targeted maritime patrol of the year in the western Mediterranean and off the Strait of Gibraltar. It was the Moroccan royal frigate of the SIGMA 9813 class, Sultan Moulay Ismaïl that participated in NATO’s Sea Guardian operation, known as […]

Brussels: Morocco, EU sign exchange of letters amending agricultural agreement

Morocco and the European Union signed the exchange of letters amending the agricultural agreement binding both parties on Friday at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, reflecting their strong partnership grounded in extended multidimensional cooperation. Signed on Morocco’s side by Ambassador to the EU, Ahmed Réda Chami, the agreement immediately enters into force provisionally, pending […]

Sahara: Spain drops self-determination, calls for mutually acceptable solution

Spain has made-a volte face giving up on a referendum for self-determination in the Sahara in favor of supporting UN efforts to reach a political and mutually acceptable solution to the dispute opposing Morocco to the Algerian-backed Polisario separatists. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stressed in his speech before the UN General Assembly the central […]