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India is stepping up efforts to secure long-term fertilizer supplies from Morocco, as global markets reel from geopolitical tensions and export restrictions. According to The Economic Times, New Delhi views the North African kingdom- home to the world’s largest phosphate reserves- as a critical partner for its food security strategy. A high-level Indian delegation led […]
Ways of fostering maritime security cooperation between Morocco and India were at the center of talks held by Rear Admiral, Inspector of the Royal Moroccan Navy Mohamed Tahin in India with Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi. Discussions focused on “enhancing naval engagement, structured training exchanges and collaboration in maritime domain awareness,” said a release […]
A recent so-called “academic” meeting in Tindouf between senior Iranian officials and Polisario separatists has lifted the veil on the troubling reality of ties in the open between the Polisario, Iran, and Hezbollah forged in full connivance with Algeria. But can a drowning man save another from sinking? This question looms large as the Maghreb […]
Palestinian Ambassador to Morocco Jamal Choubki praised King Mohammed VI’s vision for achieving a just and durable solution to the Palestinian cause during remarks Wednesday in Ifrane at the closing ceremony of Bayt Mal Al-Qods Agency’s winter university program. The ambassador specifically highlighted the significance of the royal message addressed to Coly Seck, chairman of […]
A delegation from Hezbollah, Iran’s backed Lebanese Shia group, posing as Syrian religious leaders, visited lately the Polisario-controlled Tindouf Camps, southern Algeria. The visit has triggered security alarms among American and European counter-terrorism agencies as the move confirms the links between the Algeria-backed Polisario militia and the Iranian proxies seeking to expand to North Africa […]
Morocco, in keeping with a firm belief in the just nature and centrality of the Palestinian cause, and given, as well, its commitment to achieving a just peace and its keenness to capitalize on the positive momentum generated by the ceasefire agreement, has affirmed its readiness to engage in international efforts to bring about the […]
For decades, Algeria’s foreign policy was built on an unshakable creed: “With Palestine, guilty or innocent.” That slogan has become a tenet of the regime’s quest to gain legitimacy while implementing anti‑Semitism policies that erased Algeria’s own Jewish heritage. The country that still bars Israeli passport holders from entry and which closed and converted synagogues […]
The Algerian regime’s hypocrisy has been exposed worldwide. Its fancy rhetoric of heroic battles against colonialism, over-inflated exceptionalism, and propaganda for Palestinian cause are just empty words. No more than political manipulations used to serve their own agenda. Algeria, which arms, funds and shelters the Polisario separatist group threatening Morocco’s stability, has voted lately at […]
Chinese ambassador to Morocco YU Jinsong has conferred lately in Rabat with MINURSO Chief Alexander Ivanko and reaffirmed her country‘s full support for the UN Mission. The meeting was announced by the Chinese Embassy on its X account. It comes after the historic resolution 2797 adopted by the UN Security Council endorsing Morocco’s autonomy plan […]
Direct air links between Morocco and Israel could soon return after they have been suspended on October7, 2023, according to Israeli media. Israeli Channel 12 said Morocco will reopen its skies to Israeli travelers this week, making it the first Muslim-majority country to restore flights with Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict. The […]