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Donald Trump Awarded Morocco’s Highest Distinction

President Donald Trump on Friday received Morocco’s highest award for his work in advancing a normalization deal between Israel and Morocco, a senior administration official told Reuters. In a private Oval Office ceremony, Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui, who is Morocco’s ambassador to the United States, gave Trump the Order of Muhammad, an award given only […]

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Morocco wins growing international support for autonomy as ‘Sole’ solution to Sahara issue

Representatives of forty countries, including 27 ministers, took part at a virtual ministerial conference to reiterate support for Morocco’s autonomy proposal as the only political solution to the Sahara issue. The conference was co-chaired by Moroccan Foreign Minister and US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker. “President Trump’s proclamation on December […]

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Slovakia’s Jan Kubis, next UN Special Envoy to Libya?

The UN Secretary General informed the members of the Security Council on Thursday 14 January of his intention to appoint Slovakia’s Jan Kubis as special envoy to Libya. The members of the Council will have until Friday evening to give their agreement or not to this candidacy. The post of UN Special Envoy has been […]

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Morocco gets US support to protect its cultural heritage from smuggling

The United States has pledged to help Morocco protect its cultural heritage from smuggling and step up the strategic partnership sealed between the two countries. An agreement was inked on Thursday in this regard by American ambassador to Morocco David T. Fischer and minister of Culture Othmane El Ferdaous while US Assistant Secretary of State […]

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Morocco, US explore prospects for cooperation in defense industries

Morocco and the US discussed prospects for cooperation in the field of defense industries as Rabat ambitions to develop domestic military industries. This came during the 11th session of the Morocco-US Defense Consultative Committee (DCC) held this week in Rabat under the co-chairmanship of minister delegate in charge of defense Abdellatif Loudiyi and US Defense […]

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Morocco-US Defense Consultative Committee convenes 11th session in Rabat

At the high instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the FAR, the Morocco-US Defense Consultative Committee (DCC) convened its 11th session this Tuesday at the headquarters of the National Defense Administration.   The session was co-chaired by Morocco’s Minister Delegate for National Defense Administration, Abdellatif Loudyi, and US […]

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American DFC to open branch in Dakhla as African platform

The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) will open a branch in the city of Dakhla which will serve as a platform for all its operations towards the African continent. This initiative confirms Dakhla’s vocation as a link between North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa and a major economic hub, as planned in the development model […]

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Morocco, US celebrate stronger ties during landmark Sahara visit

US ambassador to Rabat David Fischer and US Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker will go down in history as the first US officials to visit the Moroccan southern provinces in implementation of the landmark proclamation of President Trump. “Last month, president Trump acknowledged the inevitable and stated the obvious: The Sahara is Moroccan and […]

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Moroccan-US talks in Dakhla cover bilateral relations & regional issues

US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker, who is currently visiting the Moroccan Sahara, held talks Sunday in Dakhla with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita that covered bilateral relations as well as a set of regional issues, such as the situation in Libya and in the Sahel.   At a press […]

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High-level American delegation visits US Consulate premises in Dakhla, launches an economic promotion project

An American delegation, led by David Schenker, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, visited this Sunday the premises to host the US general consulate in the Saharan city of Dakhla. David Schenker was accompanied by the US ambassador in Rabat, David Fischer. The American delegation inspected the premises of the US consulate to […]