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Social Services Feature Prominently in Morocco’s 2019 Appropriation Bill

The 2019 appropriation bill prepared by the Moroccan government and submitted for the approval of the parliament increases spending on social services, the reduction of social and spatial disparities as well as the promotion of enterprises. To that end, the government planned to spend an additional 7 billion dirhams as the budget dedicated to education […]

Japan reiterates Polisario has no place in TICAD summit

Japan reiterated that it does not recognize the Polisario’s self-declared SADR entity and that it deals with UN member states only. The position was reaffirmed by Japan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fukazawa Yoichi, at a TICAD plenary summit. A day earlier, a Moroccan diplomat was violently attacked by a senior Algerian diplomat as he […]

Spain defends again UN centrality in settlement of Sahara issue

Spain has defended again the “central role” of the United Nations in settling the Moroccan Sahara issue.   “The central role in the political settlement of the Sahara issue belongs to the UN,” said Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Arancha Gonzalez Laya.   “In this regard, we always support the efforts of the Secretary General […]