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The announcement last Thursday of the normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel has been welcomed as a move that will contribute further to peace in the Middle east, given the crucial role that the Kingdom has always played in this peace process. In this connection, Belgian federal deputy and minister of State André Flahaut […]
The opening on Monday of a consulate general of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Laayoune, capital of the Moroccan Sahara, constitutes “a historic step” in the longstanding relations between the two countries, said Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. “The opening of the consulate general is a historic step which confirms Bahrain’s […]
The historic decision announced lately by the United States, recognizing the full sovereignty of Morocco over the entire region of Moroccan Sahara has been welcomed worldwide as a move that will enhance stability in the region and contribute to its socioeconomic development. Swiss NGO “Promotion of Economic and Social Development” has commended the US decision […]
The founder and honorary president of the Spanish daily “El Pais”, Juan Luis Cebrian, has highlighted Morocco’s “key” role in building the new international order. “Morocco is a key country in building the new international order and in serving the interests of our country and its citizens, regardless of the ideology they practice and […]
This Monday saw the number of countries having opened diplomatic representations in the Moroccan Sahara increase by two new missions in Laayoune and Dakhla. Bahrain has thus opened this December 14 a consulate general in Laayoune, at a ceremony co-chaired by the Bahraini and Moroccan Foreign Ministers Abdullatif Al Zayani and Nasser Bourita. Bahrain, […]
The office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan submitted Saturday a motion to parliament for the extension of Turkey’s military presence in Libya, arguing that permanent peace, ceasefire and political dialogue process in Libya “bears great importance for Turkey.” “The risks and threats are coming from Libya to Turkey and the whole region. In […]
The Kingdom of Bahrain on Monday opened in Laayoune a consulate general, the 10th diplomatic representation inaugurated in the city in one year. The inauguration ceremony was chaired by minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, and his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. Bahrain becomes the tenth country to […]
For decades, Algeria and its creation, the Polisario, have been inflating the numbers of the people held in the South-Western Algerian camps while preventing the UN from carrying out a head-count and maintaining a media blackout on human rights there. Algeria and the Polisario speak of 165,000 people in the camps and stress on […]
Morocco’s Bank of Africa, formerly known as BMCE Bank, signed a deal with Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) to back investments in both ways. The MoU was signed during a Webinar by representatives of the two banks who highlighted investment opportunities in innovative sectors. Speaking at the video conference, Morocco’s ambassador to India Mohamed […]
The US government has officially adopted the undivided map of Morocco, including the Sahara southern provinces, American Ambassador in Rabat David Fischer said on Saturday. Before Washington’s historical decision to recognize Morocco’s full sovereignty over the Sahara, the US government used a map of Morocco showing the southern provinces cut off from the rest […]