First Independent Mena Newspaper
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed Friday “the deepening of diplomatic relations” between Morocco, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel a year after the signing of the Abraham Accords with “benefits that continue to grow”. “Today, one year after the signing of the Abraham Accords, their benefits continue to grow. We are witnessing […]
The historic Abraham Accords show that “peace is possible”, said on Wednesday, US State Department Spokesman Ned Price. Israel, the UAE, and Bahrain signed the Abraham Accords at the White House in September of last year. The following month, Israel and Sudan normalized their relations. Morocco subsequently signed the US-brokered accords in a tripartite Israel-Morocco-US […]
The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, ADFD, is set to finance the upgrading of a fishing port in Mauritania to boost the local industry. The ADFD’s funding, $7.9 million, will be used to renovate the Tanit Fishing Port including the building of an ice factory, the Gulf country’s state-run news agency WAM reported. The project, […]
The UK government has reaffirmed its strong support to the normalization of relations between Israel, Morocco, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Sudan within the frame of the Abraham accords. “These are historic steps which see the normalization of relations between friends of the UK”, Britain’s state minister for the MENA region James Cleverly said […]
Morocco has pleaded for the establishment of a lasting peace in the Middle East, as a “strategic objective” to serve the present and future generations. The plea was made by Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, who joined Monday the ambassadors of the United States, UAE, Bahrain, and Israel to celebrate […]
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will travel “soon” to Egypt to meet with President Fattah al Sisi in the Sinai Peninsula, Israeli media reports. Bennett will sit down with al-Sisi in the Sinai resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, ‘Times of Israeli’ reports citing Kan broadcaster. Kan did not provide details on the timeframe but […]
Royal Moroccan Navy frigate “Lieutenant Colonel Arrahman” and India’s third Talwar-class frigate “INS Tabar” have conducted last weekend a joint maritime partnership exercise off the Casablanca port. The drill focused on communication procedures, replenishment at sea procedures and naval maneuvers. The exercise concluded with the traditional steam past between the two ships to bid farewell […]
Morocco has signed lately in Abu Dhabi the charter of the Arab Space Cooperation Group seeking to encourage and enhance inter-Arab cooperation in the space sector. “Morocco is proud to be a founding member of the Arab Space Cooperation Group and signing its basic charter is an important step forward in creating a unified regional […]
King Abdullah II of Jordan reiterated his country’s support to Libya and to efforts to protect the North African country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, a statement by the Jordanian Royal Court said. King Abdallah met with Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in Amman where they discussed ways to develop bilateral relations. The monarch, according […]
Israel has described Algeria’s accusations of igniting fires in the Kabylie region as “unfounded” and “unworthy” of responding to, inviting Algeria to concentrate on resolving the problems it faces, in particular its serious economic problems, rather than seeking scapegoats to pin all its failures on. Algeria has accused Morocco and Israel of igniting wildfires […]