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Tunisia has demanded the review of the free trade agreement with Turkey in a bid to protect national production, the Tunisian minister of Trade has announced. Mohamed Boussaid told local daily La Presse that the trade balance with Turkey has been very disadvantageous for Tunisia. Tunisia and Turkey signed in 2005 a free trade agreement […]
The US ambassador and special envoy for Libya, Richard Norland, said on Monday in Rabat that his country is “very grateful” to the “useful” role played by Morocco to support the political process in Libya. “The role that Morocco plays in the region to support the political process in Libya is very useful” and […]
Visiting South Korean First Deputy Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun said he was upbeat as to the future of exchanges between his country and Morocco. The remarks were made after the talks he held in Rabat with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The talks that he described as “fruitful” reviewed the friendly relations existing between the […]
The Polish newspaper “innpoland” has praised the business climate in Morocco and the investment opportunities offered by the Kingdom. The paper, which published Friday an article on the Kingdom’s economic assets, stressed that “if the word Morocco evokes beautiful landscapes, excellent cuisine and other things that together make it an ideal destination for tourists (…) […]
Algeria’s aging military rulers are pinning all their troubles on Morocco in an attempt to clear themselves of responsibility over the miserable living conditions suffered by the Algerian citizens. The desperate attempts by the regime to blame the ravaging fires on “malicious hands” is actually to blame for the killing of an Algerian citizen by […]
The visit last week of Libyan Marshal Khalifa Haftar to Egypt, according to Cairo and Washington, is part of the efforts led by the international community to succeed in the political process and lead to general elections at the end of the year in Libya. For the sake of balance, Egypt also announced that it […]
The US has urged Tunisia’s President to appoint a Prime-Minister designate in order to form a government and restore democracy amid fears the recent measures taken by the President last month could undermine democracy. President Saied had last month dismissed the prime minister and suspended the parliament calling the measures constitutional. The US did not […]
American company PPG has opened lately in Tangier, northern Morocco, its first automotive sealants production facility in Africa. The new facility confirms Morocco’s attractiveness to foreign investors and global automotive players. “This facility is an important step in providing local supply for automotive original equipment (OEM) vehicle manufacturers in Morocco,” said Roald Johannsen, PPG vice […]
The Moroccan government has laid out the priorities for the upcoming fiscal year predicting the economy to grow 3.2%. In a document outlining the breadlines of the upcoming budget, the government stressed the need to continue the large-scale reforms launched by Morocco in the wake of the pandemic, notably social reforms, public sector institutions upgrade […]
Morocco has received a first shipment of 600,000 jabs developed by Pfizer-BioNTech as it plans to expand inoculation to people aged 12, health ministry sources said. The new shipment is part of an order of about 2 million jabs of the powerful vaccine which should help safeguard gains made by Morocco’s vaccination campaign. Morocco also […]