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Head of Moroccan Government Aziz Akhannouch met on Wednesday in New York with U.S. billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg, who is also UN special envoy for climate change. The meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the ongoing 77th UN General Assembly, was attended by Mohcine Jazouli, Minister Delegate for Investment and Ali Seddiki, Director […]
Morocco has called for strengthening further international cooperation ties in the fight against terrorism as the ISIS core and other terror groups are rebuilding their capabilities, posing serious threats to global peace and stability. In his opening remarks at the 12th Ministerial Meeting of the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum (GCTF), convened Sept. 21 in New York […]
The launch of the Center for Research and Archives on the Judaism of Northern Morocco (CJNM) took place during an international meeting on the history of the Jews of Northern Morocco, held in Tangier this Sept.19 to 21. The Center is tasked, among other miswsions, to conduct scientific studies, in partnership with Abdelmalek Essaâdi University […]
Bio-Maroc certificate, Morocco’s green norm , is now an international norm after the certificate received the recognition of IFOAM-Organics International (OI), an international organic farming association. The recognition was awarded during Biofach-2022 held in the German city of Nuremberg in July (26-29). “This certificate of acceptance is awarded following a comprehensive evaluation of the Moroccan […]
Morocco and China share the ambition to establish a “triple win” South-South cooperation in support of Africa’s all-out development, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said in New York. Speaking Tuesday at a High-Level Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative (GDI), Bourita stressed that under the leadership and vision of […]
Morocco alerted once again to the enduring plight of thousands of Sahraouis held against their will in the Tinfoud camps by the Polisario militias and urged Algeria to allow a head-count of this population. Speaking to the UN General Assembly, Morocco’s Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch recalled that Algeria has defied UN Security Council resolutions urging […]
The excellent relations that bind the Saudi royal family to King Mohammed VI enabled the release of Brahim Saadoune, a Moroccan, naturalized Ukrainian in 2020, and whose situation has been followed by Morocco very closely and with discretion. Moroccan Brahim Saadoun, who was captured by pro-Russian separatist Ukrainian forces, while fighting with the Ukrainian forces, […]
Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, reaffirmed, Tuesday before the UN General Assembly, Morocco’s constant position in favor of the Palestinian issue, based on the two-state solution, as well as its commitment to continue its efforts to promote a peaceful settlement in Libya. Akhannouch recalled, in his address, the message addressed by King Mohammed VI to […]
French soft wheat exporters (intercereales) said Morocco could import up to 5 million tons this 2022-2023 season. France has already exported 1 million tons of soft wheat to Morocco during the summer, the French cereals lobby group said in a statement. With the crisis in Ukraine, Morocco has bought more wheat from France becoming its […]
The experience of Morocco in the field of energy transition was highlighted at a meeting of the World Economic Forum held in New York, on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Taking the floor during the meeting, Junior Minister in charge of Investment, Mohcine Jazouli, made a presentation on […]