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After the resounding success of its 2015 session held in Dakhla, the Crans Montana Forum decided to hold the 2016 session in the same city that it describes as “the Pearl of the Southern Territories of Morocco” and “a key model for all countries of Africa.” The Forum on “Africa & South-South Cooperation, toward a […]
Rabat started as of Wednesday implementing the measures it announced the previous day in response to the “outrageous behavior” and “inappropriate” remarks made lately by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Sahara issue. Morocco which had decided to significantly scale down its participation in the civilian component of MINURSO, particularly in the political section, […]
The Moroccan government has decided to significantly scale down the civilian component of MINURSO, to put off its voluntary contribution to the functioning of MINURSO and to consider the withdrawal of Moroccan blue helmets engaged in peacekeeping operations. According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the North African country, these measures have been taken in […]
Russia has joined its voice to Morocco’s to express opposition to any violation of the parameters set by the United Nations Security Council with regard to the settlement of the Sahara issue and to any attempt to change the pace of the political process. This came in the Statement on the Extended Strategic Partnership adopted […]
King Mohammed VI who is currently on an official to Russia held a meeting in the Kremlin Tuesday with President Vladimir Putin. The summit talks were attended by Advisors to the Moroccan Sovereign Taieb Fassi Fihri and Fouad Ali El Himma and by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and President Putin’s advisor Yuri Ushakov. The […]
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has considered the march staged in Rabat last Sunday with the participation of over 3 million Moroccans, in response to his biased remarks on the Sahara issue, as a “lack of respect” towards him and towards the UN. Ban Ki-moon held a meeting Monday in New York with Morocco’s […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has condemned in the most vigorous terms the simultaneous terror attacks that targeted Sunday the Ivorian seaside resort of Grand Bassam. The King sent a message of condolences to President Alassane Ouattara and also talked to him over the phone. According to a statement released by the Royal Office Sunday […]
Over three million Moroccans from all over the country and from all walks of life flocked to Rabat this Sunday March 13 to protest the UN Secretary General’s recent inappropriate remarks about the Sahara issue and to send out to the world the message that the Kingdom’s territorial integrity is sacred and that Moroccans shall […]
King Mohammed VI’s long-awaited official visit to Russia will take place as of March 13. The announcement was made Friday by the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery, which said in a communiqué that during the visit, the king will hold official talks with President Vladimir Putin and that the two leaders will […]
Siemens is planning to build a wind turbine rotor blade facility in northern Morocco, close to Tangier Med port, linked to Europe, the Middle East and the rest of Africa. The construction of the onshore plant, first of its kind in the North African country, is expected to start as early as this spring, and […]