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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 […]
Morocco and the United States signed, on Tuesday in Rabat, two cooperation agreements to promote investments in Morocco and Africa. The agreements were signed during the visit to Rabat of the high-level US-Israeli delegation that was led by Senior Advisor to the US president Jared Kushner and Israel’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat. The first […]
King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, received, on Tuesday Dec. 22 at the Royal Palace in Rabat, heads of the visiting US and Israeli delegations, namely Senior Advisor to the US president Jared Kushner and Israel’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, as well as Special Assistant to the US President and […]
A high-level US-Israeli delegation arrived Tuesday afternoon in Rabat-Salé airport for a visit to Morocco. The US-Israeli delegation is led by Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to US President Donald Trump, and Israel’s National Security Advisor, Meier Ben Shabbat. Shortly after arrival, the US-Israel delegation visited the Mohammed V Mausoleum, and laid wreaths on […]
The special adviser and son-in-law of US President Donald Trump discusses the American recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and its close collaboration with King Mohammed VI. “For the United States, the autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty is the only realistic option for a just, lasting and acceptable solution in order to resolve the […]
The US looks to Morocco as a reliable security partner with whom it seeks to foster security cooperation to counter the terrorist threat. This came during talks in Rabat between Police and domestic intelligence chief Abdellatif Hammouchi and US Security Council Director in Charge of Africa and the Middle East Robert Greenway. The talks took […]
The United States officially transmitted Tuesday, December 15, the presidential proclamation recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara to the UN. The United States officially and solemnly transmitted the presidential proclamation on the recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Saharan regions to all the decision-making bodies of the United Nations. Kelly Craft, US Representative to the […]