Bourita & Japanese FM Taro Kono

Morocco, US seek closer security cooperation

The US looks to Morocco as a reliable security partner with whom it seeks to foster security cooperation to counter the terrorist threat. This came during talks in Rabat between Police and domestic intelligence chief Abdellatif Hammouchi and US Security Council Director in Charge of Africa and the Middle East Robert Greenway. The talks took […]

Beirut blasts: Morocco urges UNESCO to support rehabilitation of schools, cultural heritage buildings

Morocco has urged the UNESCO to grant substantial support to Lebanon for the rehabilitation of schools and cultural heritage buildings, damaged in the devastating blasts that rocked the Lebanese capital and wreaked havoc throughout the city, killing close to 200 people, injuring thousands of others, and leaving around a quarter of a million homeless. It […]

World Bank: Morocco’s Economic Growth to Rise to 3.3 in 2020-2021

Morocco’s economic growth is expected to pick up gradually and average 3.3 over 2020–2021, mainly driven by more dynamic secondary and tertiary activities, bolstered by high foreign investments, according to the World Bank forecast. Significant FDIs continue to flow into Moroccan automotive industries, especially in the new Peugeot plant – that will eventually double the […]