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Washington has unarchived on Tuesday the “Tripartite Joint Declaration between the United States, Morocco and Israel” and posted the text on the State Department website, confirming thus the recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara by the US administration. The move from archived to unarchived is significant as it declares the information to be […]
As violent clashes intensify between Israelis and Palestinians, the U.S. administration has reached out to Morocco for its peacemaking leverage to end hostilities in the region. In this connection, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita this Tuesday. “The Secretary and the Foreign Minister discussed their shared […]
Tunisia’s finance minister returned from the US with a grant of $500 million intended to finance infrastructure projects. “Our visit to Washington was important and fruitful with International Monetary Fund, World Bank and American officials”, minister Ali Kooli told Reuters. Kooli was in Washington to start discussions about a new loan program with the IMF. […]
The US Friday said the UN Security Council will hold on Sunday an emergency session on the situation in Israel and in Gaza amid escalation of violence between the two sides. The US permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield said at dawn on Friday, that “the United States will continue to […]
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said that the Kingdom’s ties with Israel and the US are posed to grow following the tripartite deal in December following which Rabat resumed ties with Israel and Washington recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. Bourita made the remarks in a video statement to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee […]
Algeria, deeply disheartened by the latest news implying that the new US administration of President Joe Biden, will not reverse the decision made by its predecessor regarding the recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, has mobilized the pro-regime media to nail the USA and its ally Israel, and to defend Iran. In a […]
Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura has been reportedly picked by the UN Secretary General to be the next Sahara envoy in replacement of German Hosrt Kohler who resigned in May 2019 for “health reasons”. Mr.Staffan, 74, had served as UN special envoy for Syria (2014 to 2019), special representative of UN Secretary General for […]
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita held phone calls with US Secretary of State Antony Blenken during which they both highlighted the depth of the two countries’ longstanding strategic ties and willingness to further bolster their partnership. The personal ties between King Mohammed VI and President Biden will give an additional boost to a special partnership […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Algerian FM Sabri Boukadoum had on Thursday, for the first time, a telephone conversation, under the Biden Administration, but the two top diplomats gave different accounts of their talks, leaving many scratching their heads. In his posted tweet, Boukadoum said Western Sahara was discussed, but Secretary Blinken made […]
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a powerful lobby group in Washington, invited Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita to take part in a video conference on May 6, in a move that signals readiness of the Israeli lobby to campaign in favor of Rabat’s stands and interests. The resumption of formal diplomatic relations last […]