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President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, arrived Wednesday in Rabat to co-chair the 12th session of the Morocco-Spain high-level meeting. Pedro Sanchez is leading a large delegation including the ministers of Foreign Affairs and of the Interior. The 12th session of the high-level meeting, which is held eight years after the last session of […]
King Mohammed VI has welcomed the evolution and new phase marking Morocco-Spain partnership, since the meeting he held in Rabat on April 7, 2022 with the president of the Spanish Government Pedro Sanchez. This came in a phone talk the Sovereign had this Wednesday with Pedro Sanchez, who is visiting Morocco to participate in the […]
The U.S. Administration has praised the key role played by Morocco in promoting peace and security in the Middle-East & North Africa region. The American tribute was made Tuesday by Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a phone talk with Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita. The two officials talked about shared priorities in the bilateral […]
Military cooperation between Morocco and Benin was reviewed at a meeting Tuesday in Rabat between Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces and Commander of the Southern Zone Lieutenant General Belkhir El Farouk and Chief of General Staff of Beninese Armed Forces, Brigadier General Fructueux Gbaguidi. The meeting, which took place in the presence of […]
A 42-year-old man, wanted in the United Kingdom for a murder committed in Essex, has been arrested by Moroccan police. The announcement was made Wednesday by UK National Crime Agency (NCA). Nana Oppong was among 13 fugitives named in a National Crime Agency most wanted campaign last year. Nana Oppong was wanted by UK authorities […]
The sixth edition of the International Halieutis Fair kicked off Wednesday in Agadir, in the presence of 32 delegations from different countries including 13 ministers from African countries. Spain is the guest of honor of this edition which is held February 1 through 5 under the theme: “Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture: levers for an inclusive […]
Tanzania is seeking to have another OCP plant to produce fertilizers in the country as part of efforts to bolster farming output and reduce food inflation. “President Samia Suluhu Hassan had met with Moroccan state-owned fertilizer producer The OCP Group for talks to establish another plant in Tanzania,” Tanzanian media The Citizen reported. Morocco’s phosphates […]
Moroccan lawmakers, who took part in the 17th meeting of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Conference convened in Algiers Jan.26-30, decried the remarks made by Speaker of Andean Parliament against Morocco’s territorial integrity. In a protest letter addressed to the Secretary General of the OIC Parliamentary Union, Head of the Moroccan MP […]
The expulsion of the Polisario militias from the African Union is a matter of time and not a principle as an increasing number of African countries realize the risks of admitting a separatist group into a continental organization of sovereign states. The Polisario has to be kicked out of the African Union for this organization […]
European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Policy Oliver Varhelyi will visit Morocco during the week of February 20. The announcement was made by the Moroccan foreign department following a phone call Sunday between the European official and Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The ministry described the talks as “productive and constructive.” Varhelyi confirmed the phone call […]