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US, France, Spain welcome Morocco’s unilateral withdrawal of troops from Guerguarat

The governments of the United States, France and Spain welcomed Morocco’s decision to unilaterally withdraw from the southernmost area of the Saharan provinces on the borders with Mauritania known as Guerguarat in a bid to deescalate tensions with the Algerian-based Polisario separatists. Morocco’s foreign ministry explains that the withdrawal of troops from the buffer zone […]

Morocco, Spain discuss revival of fixed link project via Gibraltar Strait

The revival of the decades-old project to connect Africa to Europe via the strait of Gibraltar was discussed at a virtual meeting Wednesday between the Moroccan and Spanish Transport Ministers Abdelkader Amara and Jose Luis Abalos.   This meeting, held through video-conference as part of the two countries’ mutual interest in further strengthening their bilateral […]

Economic void left by EU-Morocco trade ties, to be filled by US, Russia and China- Washington Institute paper

The Washington Institute for Near east Policy warned that the EU’s decision to annul fisheries and agriculture deals, will push Rabat to foster commercial ties with the US, Russia, and China. The EU issued a politically-motivated verdict annulling fisheries and agricultural trade deals with Morocco because they included products originating from the Sahara territory. The […]