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The projectiles fired into Smara on Saturday killing one and injuring three others are a “terrorist act” and an “act of war” that will not go unpunished, said Omar Hilale Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN. Speaking to the press after the renewal of the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Sahara for […]
Despite the frost in Rabat-Paris relations, France has leant towards Morocco’s stance at the UN urging all parties, including Algeria, to resume the round tables process with a view to finding a political solution to the Sahara conflict, while stressing the pre-eminence of the autonomy plan. “I reaffirm the historic and straightforward and steady support […]
The UN Security Council deplored the abject living conditions and rights violations in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps in Algeria and urged a headcount of the population held there. The Council strongly reiterated its “request for a refugee registration in the Tindouf refugee camps,” reads the resolution 2703 adopted following a vote of 13 in favor […]
The UN Security Council has barred the road to any reference to the obsolete and unfeasible referendum option, stating clearly that the MINURSO should align its focus to help achieve a mutually acceptable solution based on compromise. The UN Security Council “emphasizes the need to achieve a realistic, practicable, enduring and mutually acceptable political solution […]
Morocco welcomed the UN Security Council Resolution 2703 renewing for another year the mandate of the peacekeeping mission in the Sahara, MINURSO, and reiterating the credible and serious character of the autonomy plan. “The growing international support for the autonomy initiative and the opening in Laayoune and Dakhla of some 30 consulates and the non-recognition […]
The United Nations Security Council decided on Monday to extend the mandate of the UN Mission for the Sahara, MINURSO, for one year, while enshrining, once again, the preeminence of the Moroccan autonomy initiative to settle the regional dispute over the Sahara. The Security Council “decides to extend the mandate of MINURSO until October 31, […]
Morocco and Germany have signed on Monday a joint declaration of intent aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two countries’ Interior Ministries in the areas of security, migration, civil protection, and the fight against different forms of cross-border crime, on the basis of equality, equal treatment, common interest and mutual esteem. The Declaration of intent […]
UK Foreign Office has renewed its supportive stand to the “UN-led efforts to reach a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution” to the Sahara regional conflict. Responding to a written question on the Sahara issue at the House of Commons, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State David Rutley said : “We support the work of Staffan […]
Automaker Renault will launch by first half (H1) of 2024 a plant in Morocco’s city business hub of Casablanca to manufacture its newly unveiled Kardian SUV, in a move to conquer emerging markets. The car manufacturer made announcement at the inauguration in Brazil of its Renault Design Center LatAm and its new Kardian SUV, in […]
The Australian travel guide book publisher Lonely Planet has ranked the kingdom of Morocco fifth of its top 10 destinations for the year 2024. The publisher, one of the leading around the world, depicts the North African country as a dazzling destination with epic mountains, sweeping deserts and ancient cities, a country which greets travelers […]