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Moroccan Panafsat company is planning to deploy a satellite communications system destined for Africa with the support of Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture set by French Thales group and Italian Leonardo corporation. The announcement was made during the meeting held Tuesday in Rabat between Moroccan-French businessmen on the sidelines of the state visit French […]
Morocco picked French firm Veolia to build the largest desalination plant in Africa and the world’s second largest, as the country seeks to address water-stress challenges. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in that connection between Morocco’s interior ministry and Veolia, on the sidelines of the visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco at […]
Moroccan and French businessmen ended a summit, on the sidelines of a visit by the French President to Rabat, with the signing of twenty agreements covering key areas of desalination, finance, banking, water management, and education. Speaking at the closing of the event, President Macron urged the business community in both countries to work together […]
King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid and Princesses Lalla Khadija, Lalla Meryem, Lalla Asmaa and Lalla Hasnaa, hosted on Tuesday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, a dinner banquet in honor of France’s President Emmanuel Macron and his spouse Ms. Brigitte Macron. Members of the official delegation accompanying […]
The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs posted this Tuesday on its official website Morocco’s official map, including its Sahara. The move, reflecting the impetus given to the national cause by King Mohammed VI, coincides with the state visit President Emmanuel Macron is paying to Morocco at the head of a large delegation of […]
At the instructions of King Mohammed VI, Princess Lalla Hasnaa, accompanied by Ms. Brigitte Macron, on Tuesday inaugurated the Royal Theater of Rabat, a structuring project that reinforces the ecosystem of the City of Light, Morocco’s cultural capital. After unveiling the commemorative plaque, Princess Lalla Hasnaa and France’s First Lady followed a presentation on the […]
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte visited on Tuesday the Mohammed V Mausoleum in Rabat where they paid their respects to late King Mohammed V and late King Hassan II. After laying a wreath of flowers on the graves of the two late Sovereigns, the Macrons observed a minute’s silence for the repose […]
French President Emmanuel Macron, who is on a three-day state visit to Morocco at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, has reaffirmed Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara. In a speech he delivered this Tuesday before members of the two chambers of the Moroccan Parliament in Rabat, President Macron addressed French-Moroccan historic relations, matters of common […]
Princess Lalla Meryem, President of the National Observatory for Children’s Rights, and France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron launched Tuesday a campaign against cyber-bullying in schools at the Abi Dar Al Ghifari secondary school in Rabat. The campaign, spearheaded by Princess Lalla Meryem, reflects Morocco’s determination to protect children against bullying in school, a global scourge […]
French President Emmanuel Macron held Tuesday in Rabat separate meetings with Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch, Speaker of the House of Representatives Rachid Talbi Alami, and Speaker of the House of Councillors Mohamed Ould Errachid. Mr. Macron, who started Monday a three-day state visit to Rabat at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, held these […]