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The Union of Oil and Gas Workers rejected on Saturday transferring the country’s revenues of oil exports to the government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Libya Update reports. The union’s reaction came following the request made by Head of the Audit Bureau, Khaled Shakshak, inviting the National Oil Corporation (NOC) to transfer oil revenues to Dbeibeh’s […]
The bold decision announced by the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in support of Morocco’s autonomy plan was near to traumatic for some circles in Spain that continue to view their North African neighbor using colonial lenses. Spain and Morocco have both turned a page on an unprecedented crisis that threatened to sap their bilateral […]
King Mohammed VI hosted Saturday, at the Royal Residence in Salé, an iftar in honor of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed Ben Zayed Al Nahyane, who is currently visiting Morocco. During the banquet, the King of Morocco and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi exchanged congratulations on the occasion of the blessed month […]
Spain and Morocco, two friendly countries, have laid the foundations of a “21st century relationship”, stressed the Spanish Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. A “framework of bilateral relations of the twenty-first century” opens today ending a period of “misunderstanding between two fraternal, friendly, cooperative and truly loyal countries,” said Saturday, Grande-Marlaska in statements to […]
Canary-based carrier Binter has announced the launch of a new air route connecting Gran Canaria to Fez from next July. Between July 2 and September 17, the airliner will operate the air connection every Saturday between the two cities, the company said in a statement. The flights will be provided by an ATR 72 aircraft […]
The Foreign ministry of Spain has published on its website a map showing undivided Morocco including the Sahara. The move comes after Spain’s decision to officially endorse the Moroccan Autonomy Plan as the most serious and credible basis to end the dispute over the Sahara and the landmark meeting held Thursday in Rabat between Spanish […]
Miguel Ángel Gutierrez of Ciudadanos party said the Polisario is a terrorist group that has Spanish blood on its hands. Speaking at a session held by the detractors of Spain’s reconciliation with Morocco, Gutierrez compared Polisario’s actions to ETA terrorism in Spain. “Defending an organization such as the Polisario equals to supporting ETA. This is […]
Spanish support for Morocco over the Sahara issue ushered a new era in their relations, based on mutual trust auguring well for enhanced bilateral cooperation at all levels. The fog of tension dissipated between the two countries following a letter from Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez supporting Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara as “the […]
Libya’s oil and gas Minister Mohammed Aoun has criticized western proposals to create an international mechanism to manage the country’s oil revenues amid rivalries between the ousted government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and incoming Premier Fathi Bashagha. Aoun, who is under Dbeibeh’s leadership, made the remarks in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. […]
Moncef Marzouki, ex-Tunisian President, has urged lawmakers of the dissolved parliament to resume their activities and rise up against President Kais Saied, Tunisie Numerique reports. “It is your national duty, in honor of our martyrs on this solemn anniversary, to resume your activity and isolate the putsch as soon as possible and not to accept […]