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The Biden administration has reaffirmed the U.S. strong backing to the “serious, credible and realistic” autonomy plan offered by Morocco under its sovereignty for a lasting and peaceful resolution of the Sahara regional conflict. The American supportive stand was voiced in a press release issued Tuesday in Washington DC following the meeting of Secretary of […]
Moroccan and Portuguese business communities have agreed to set up a joint economic council to give a new impetus to bilateral trade, partnership and investment. The agreement was inked Monday in Casablanca by chairman of the Moroccan employers’ union Chakib Alj, Portuguese Secretary of State for Internationalization Eurico Brilhante Dias and vice-President of the […]
US State Secretary Antony Blinken has highlighted this Monday Washington’s determination to strengthen and deepen the longstanding partnership existing with Morocco. Blinken made the statement in a brief press conference, while welcoming visiting Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita to the State Department Tuesday. He said this visit provides an opportunity to talk about a number […]
The European People’s Party (EPP), one of the largest political groups in the European Parliament, has expressed deep concern over Algeria’s unilateral decision of stopping to supply Europe with gas through the Maghreb Europe gas pipeline (GME) that crosses Morocco. Algiers, which has cut off diplomatic ties with Rabat, stopped on Nov.1st supplying Spain and […]
Morocco has purchased the Israeli “Skylock Dome system”, an anti-drone technology which allows the Royal Armed forces to detect an enemy drone, neutralize it by jamming its signal and destroy it with a laser gun. The announcement was made lately by Israeli newspaper Globes in a story highlighting the huge interest for Israeli defense solutions […]
Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita is expected in Washington for a meeting this Monday, Nov. with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The information was announced by the US State Department on its website. “Secretary of State meets Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at State Department,” reads Blinken’s Monday schedule. No further details are given […]
The Algerian military junta has supplied the Polisario militias with additional military equipment and weapons, reported Spanish daily La Razon in its weekend edition. The move comes following the death of three Algerian truck drivers in the Sahara and appointment of Mohamed Wali Akeik as new head of military operations of the separatists, explained the […]
The Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN Omar Hilale has sent a letter to the President and members of the Security Council in which he exposed the baseless allegations of an agent of the polisario and Algeria, the so-called Saultana Khaya. “Concerning the so-called Saultana Khaya, it is necessary to ask since when do […]
Several Polisario supporters living in the Spanish city of Bilbao have voiced support to Morocco’s autonomy plan for a lasting settlement of the Sahara regional conflict, dealing a hard blow to the Algeria-backed separatist group and deepening its cracks. During a symposium, organized by the Bilbao University and a group of Sahrawis residing in the […]
The British oil and gas exploration company operating in North Africa has announced the start of the second phase of its drilling campaign in Morocco, involving two wells located in the Gharb region. The results will be known next December. In a press release released on Friday, Nov.19, the London-based company explains that this […]