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Morocco’s tourism authority, ONMT, has signed a deal with Israeli private carrier Israir to promote the kingdom destination as both countries boost ties. ONMT in a statement issued on Tuesday indicated the deal, signed by ONMT Director Adel El Fakir, and owner of Israeli airline Rami Levi, will enable Israir to operate two weekly flights […]
The Moroccan football team qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after it defeated DR Congo 4-1 in the second leg of the FIFA World Cup play-offs, Tuesday at Casablanca’s Mohammed V Stadium. Immediately after the final whistle, King Mohammed VI congratulated the national team on its qualification The Sovereign spoke on the phone […]
Morocco called on the US and Israel to increase their investments in Morocco in line with the spirit of the trilateral deal of December 2020 which led to resumption of ties with Tel Aviv, foreign minister Nasser Bourita said. Bourita, speaking at a press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is on […]
Morocco’s Interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit took part in the fourth ministerial meeting of the International Security Alliance (ISA) held Tuesday in Dubai to discuss ways of strengthening cooperation and joint actions against transnational terrorism, extremism and cybercrimes. Mr. Laftit was accompanied in the meeting by a delegation including Idriss Jouhari, Director Internal Affairs, Khalid Zerouali, […]
Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid expressed support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and welcomed Spanish support for the autonomy plan. This came following a meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita who attended a foreign ministers summit bringing together the host Israel, the US, Bahrain and the UAE. Israel, the US and their Arab allies “Will […]
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita has stressed the need to build up a new dynamic for peace in the Middle East and to take concrete measures likely to open up promising prospects for the peoples of the whole region. “We must build a dynamic based on concrete steps that the people can feel, a dynamic […]
King Mohammed VI has strongly condemned “the despicable and repeated” attacks targeting the “vital and civilian facilities” in Saudi Arabia. In a message of solidarity sent to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Moroccan Sovereign said “he has followed, with strong condemnation, the news of the despicable and repeated attacks which target vital and […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected in Morocco next week, as part of a regional tour in the Middle East, reported Wednesday, the American website Axios, which is generally well-informed. Tony Blinken is expected to travel to the Middle East at the end of his trip to Europe where he is accompanying, from […]
Morocco and Israel signed a partnership agreement that will help attract investments by Israeli civilian and defense aerospace giant IAI’s. The deal was signed in Rabat by industry minister Ryad Mezzour and head of IAI’s Amir Peretz. “This is a strategic partnership…that paves the way for a win-win aerospace industrial cooperation,” said Mezzour, adding that […]
Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita had separate phone conversations with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts, Sergei Lavrov and Dmytro Kuleba, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. This was the first high-level contact between Nasser Bourita and his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts since the outbreak of the armed conflict between Moscow and kyiv on February 24, 2022. […]