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King Mohammed VI expressed firm commitment to make the Sahara an engine of development at the regional and continental levels through, inter alia, tapping into its maritime potential. In this respect, “Morocco has this year completed the demarcation of its maritime boundaries and incorporated them into its legislation, in keeping with international law,” said the […]
King Mohammed VI has underlined Saturday evening that Morocco will respond, with the utmost firmness and resolve, to any practices or attempts designed to undermine the security and stability of its southern provinces. In a speech he delivered on the occasion of the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Green March, King Mohammed VI […]
The European Union (EU) reiterated, Friday before the 4th Committee of the UN General Assembly, its call for the registration by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of the population of the Tindouf camps, in Algerian territory, as requested by the Security Council. Germany’s permanent representative to the UN, Christoph Heusgen, who […]
Algeria’s oil and gas exports dropped 41% to 14.6 billion dirhams in the first nine months this year, casting a shadow of deep uncertainty for a country that relies on hydrocarbons for more than 90% of its exports. Algeria’s energy minister Abdelmadjid Attar said that the drop was ascribed to low export volumes and low […]
Russia has welcomed the decision of the head of the Libyan Presidential Council (PC), Faiez Serraj, to retract his resignation arguing that the move will prevent Libya from sliding into political uncertainty. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Libya Observer notes, has indicated that Serraj at the beginning conditioned his resignation to a solution and new […]
A third round of talks between Libyan delegations from the Tripoli-based High Council of State and the Parliament of Tobruk was held in Bouznika, Morocco, this Nov. 4-5. The consultation session is part of the Libyan parties’ preparation for discussions set later this month in Tunisia. In a joint statement read out at the end […]
Morocco and the UK have reviewed Thursday in Rabat regional security situation, particularly in the Mediterranean area and the Sahel-Sahara region, as well as their cooperation in the area of cyber-security and cyber-defense. This came at the separate meetings visiting British Minister of Armed Forces, James Heappey, held with Minister Delegate for National Defense Administration […]
The speech King Mohammed VI was due to deliver this Friday on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Green March has been postponed to Saturday November 7. The announcement was made in a statement by the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery, which said that following the discovery of a positive […]
On the eve of the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Green March, 3,000 lawyers, academics, journalists and civil society activists around the world renewed their commitment to defending the Moroccan identity of the Sahara as an irreversible feature of the region and of Morocco as a whole. These three thousand activists, member of […]
The African Development Bank extended a loan of €118 million to help Morocco address the social challenges triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. The loan is part of a program launched in 2019 by the bank to help Morocco improve its social protection mechanisms. In this respect, the current loan adds to a credit […]