Few days after the adoption of a French-instigated European Parliament resolution hostile to Morocco, French Ambassador to Rabat tried to distance his country from the move that has angered Moroccan authorities and triggered a commensurate response from the European Parliament. In an interview with French-speaking magazine Telquel, French Ambassador Christophe Lecourtier said that the resolution […]
The Tunisian foreign ministry Saturday blocked a press conference that the Libyan east-based government, opposed to UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), was planning to hold in Tunis. The press conference that was to be held Saturday by the foreign ministry of Beida government did not go as planned, reported Libyan Observer, citing sources in […]
Mauritania and the European Union (EU) have signed the fourth implementing protocol to the EU’s Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) in a deal described by both partners as a “win-win” agreement. The implementation of the SFPA started in December 2006. After 16 months of intense negotiations, Nouakchott’s chief negotiator Cheikh Ould Baya said apart from the economic gains and […]
