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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken highlighted before the United Nations Security Council the establishment by Morocco and the United States of the UN Group of Friends on Artificial Intelligence to reinforce and coordinate efforts in digital cooperation, particularly in the area of artificial intelligence (AI). “This summer, the U.S. and Morocco established a group […]
U.S. State Department has approved new weapons sales to Morocco worth over $174 million, showing U.S. strong support to a major ally and strategic partner, described as an important force for political stability and economic progress in North Africa. The announcement was made Friday by U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency in a press release. The […]
Members of a delegation from the Chilean Parliament have praised the socio-economic achievements and the development momentum in the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region in different fields. During the visit to the region, the Chilean delegation, led by the Speaker of Chile’s Chamber of Deputies, Karol Cariola, and the Vice-President of the Chilean Senate, Matias Walker, expressed […]
The United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, which investigates the most sensitive and high-profile cases in the U.S., indicted three international drug traffickers, who had been arrested in April by Morocco’s National Brigade of Judicial Police (BNPJ) in Marrakech, for their links to criminal networks of international trafficking of fentanyl, methamphetamine, […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly assured the United States that it will not supply arms to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as the north-east African country continues to be ravaged by a bloody civil war. The UAE has reportedly told the US it has cut off weapons supply to the paramilitary forces […]
The Future Congress, which wrapped up on Wednesday in Rabat, underscored the importance of the strategic partnership between Africa and Latin America for progress and development as part of South-South cooperation. In the final declaration issued at the end of the conclave, hosted by the Moroccan Parliament on December 17-18, in collaboration with the “Future […]
Chile reiterated, through the voice of its Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren Stork, “constant support for the process led by the United Nations towards a just, pragmatic, lasting, realistic, viable, definitive and mutually acceptable solution to the question of Western Sahara, within the framework of the initiative presented by Morocco to the United Nations in […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has filed a criminal lawsuit in France and Belgium against subsidiaries of the US multinational company Apple, accusing the tech giant of complicity in crimes committed by armed groups that control some of the mines in the east of the country. Acting on behalf of the government in Kinshasa, […]
The U.S. State Department has commended Morocco’s counter-terrorism (CT) efforts which have enabled the North African Kingdom to mitigate the risk of terrorism by promoting economic and human development in addition to countering radicalization. In its annual country reports on terrorism released Thursday, the State Department said Morocco continued its comprehensive strategy that includes vigilant […]
Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc has resumed its direct flight from Casablanca to Sao Paulo on Saturday and inaugurated a new direct route from Casablanca to the Canadian city of Toronto on Sunday. The flight to Sao Paulo marked a long-awaited resumption of direct services between Morocco and Brazil, which were suspended for five years due […]