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Ahead of the opening of the American consulate in the Moroccan Saharan city of Dakhla, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker will visit Morocco in the few coming days within the frame of a tour that includes stops in Jordan and Algeria. The visit, which shows the momentum of Moroccan-American […]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has just adopted the complete, undivided map of Morocco, including its Sahara, following suit to the United States, which made the same move after it recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara provinces. NATO’s move deals another blow to the enemies of the Kingdom’s territorial integrity, comments the news outlet […]
Morocco’s liaison office in Tel Aviv will soon open following a visit by a junior foreign ministry delegation to the Israeli capital this week after a landmark US-Israel-Morocco deal. Ofir Gendelman, spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Arab media, published on his twitter account a photo of the headquarter of the liaison office. […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced the beginning of the process to establish a US consulate in Dakhla, one of the major cities in Morocco’s southern provinces. The US Secretary of State has announced in a tweet this Thursday afternoon that the process to establish the US consulate in Dakhla is officially launched. […]
Africa featured prominently in the agreements that were signed during the visit to Rabat of the US-Israeli delegation, as Morocco matches words with action in defending its solidarity-oriented approach towards the continent. The US International Development Finance Corporation signed an agreement with Morocco worth 3 billion to support private investments in the Kingdom and in […]
Ahead of receiving the first batch of Apache helicopters, Morocco’s Royal Air force will send a group of its best pilots to receive training on handling this mighty offensive aircraft, well informed website FAR Maroc, which specialized in army news said. In November 2019, the US State department cleared the sale of36 AH-64E Apache […]
Former UN Envoy to Western Sahara and ex-US Secretary of State, James Baker, was given a lesson in history and diplomacy after he criticized the recent diplomatic accord between Morocco and Israel. Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a former Pentagon official reacted to Baker’s opinion piece published last week […]
White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner reiterated the recently adopted position of his country in support of Morocco’s full sovereignty over all the Sahara territory and stressed the primacy of the Kingdom’s autonomy plan. “By recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara, president Trump is rejecting the failed status quo which benefits no one,” Kushner […]
The United Nations Security Council held, on Monday, at the request of Germany, a closed doors briefing on the latest developments of the Sahara issue. According to diplomatic sources, quoted by MAP, this meeting was an opportunity for the United States to explain, for the first time before the Security Council, the validity and accuracy […]
Morocco and Israel sealed the resumption of bilateral ties with the signing of four agreements covering direct flights, visa waivers for diplomats, investment and financial facilitations and water management. The agreements were signed during a visit by a senior Israeli delegation led by Israel’s National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat; accompanied by White House Senior Advisor […]