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Morocco condemns “strongly” the Iranian interference in Yemen and in Arab internal affairs, said Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, insisting that Iran undermine security and stability in the Arab region, especially in Yemen, the Middle East and North Africa, and that Morocco is also a victim of this interference. Speaking at a joint press conference with […]
Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), equivalent of U.S. FBI, announced on Tuesday the dismantling, in cooperation with Spanish security services, of a terrorist cell operating in Nador and Melilla. Two men, aged 34 and 39, were nabbed in the Moroccan Northeastern city of Nador and nine others were captured in Spanish enclave Melilla […]
Morocco and Saudi Arabia are looking into ways of stepping up economic partnership and trade exchanges in a bid to match the excellent relationship existing between the two countries’ Monarchs, governments and peoples. Cooperation prospects in various sectors of common interests were at the center of separate talks held Monday in Rabat by visiting Saudi […]
King Mohammed VI has underlined the importance Morocco places on strengthening relations of consultation and coordination with “friendly” Germany on various issues of common interest. In a congratulatory message sent to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the occasion of his country’s National Day, the Moroccan Sovereign offered his warmest congratulations to Mr. Steinmeier and expressed […]
The Moroccan government has expressed its deep concern over the situation in Burkina Faso and urged all parties to show restraint to avoid turmoil and instability in this West African country. In a statement issued Monday by foreign ministry, Rabat called on all stakeholders in Burkina Faso to give priority to the supreme national interest […]
Guatemalan deputy foreign minister Ava Atzum Arevalo Tribouillier de Moscoso reiterated, Monday in Rabat, her country’s full support to the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan in the southern provinces, as the only solution to the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, and announced the opening of a consulate in Dakhla. “We fully support Morocco and its autonomy initiative […]
Morocco’s trade deficit deepened 56% to 215 billion dirhams ($20 billion) up to August amid soaring prices of refined energy products, wheat and ammonia in the international market. Energy imports increased 128% to 103 billion dirhams in the first eight months this year, partly because Morocco imports all of its refined gas and fuel oils, […]
Morocco’s embassy in Ouagadougou established a cell to monitor the situation in Burkina Faso in the aftermath of the recent coup d’état. The embassy said in a statement that the cell seeks to stay updated and reassured about the situation of the Moroccan community settled in the country. “The embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco […]
The Tangier judicial police arrested, on Saturday, a Colombian national for alleged links with an international drug trafficking network operating via air routes. The Colombian, 41, was arrested, on the basis of accurate information provided by the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), while he was hiding in a house in the medina of Tangier, […]
Morocco has lifted the health restrictions, namely the PCR test or vaccine pass, to enter the kingdom. The National Airports Office (ONDA) announced that PCR and vaccine pass are no longer mandatory to enter Morocco’s territory. Passengers will only need to duly complete a health form to hand over to authorities upon arrival in Morocco, […]