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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Karima El Korri of Morocco as the UN Resident Coordinator in Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, and Singapore, with the host Government’s approval, announced Wednesday his spokesman in New York. “Ms. El Korri brings to the position more than 20 years of international development experience, acquired at the United Nations […]
Etisalat, the UAE’s biggest telecoms operator, increased its ownership in Etisalat Investment North Africa to 100 per cent by acquiring the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development’s 8.7 per cent stake in EINA, Etisalat said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. The deal increases Etisalat Group’s effective ownership in Maroc Telecom Group to 53 per […]
At the invitation of China, Morocco is participating, as guest of honor, in the fifth China-Arab States Expo, which will be held from Aug. 19 to 22 in Yinchuan, the regional capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China. Morocco, as the guest of honor, will organize several events to showcase its culture and […]
The Al-Quds hospital of specialities was inaugurated, on Monday in the Gaza Strip, after it was rebuilt and equipped thanks to Moroccan funding. The opening ceremony of the hospital, which was destroyed during the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip in 2008, was attended by the head of the Moroccan representative office in Ramallah, Mohamed […]
Tunisia has demanded the review of the free trade agreement with Turkey in a bid to protect national production, the Tunisian minister of Trade has announced. Mohamed Boussaid told local daily La Presse that the trade balance with Turkey has been very disadvantageous for Tunisia. Tunisia and Turkey signed in 2005 a free trade agreement […]
Visiting South Korean First Deputy Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun said he was upbeat as to the future of exchanges between his country and Morocco. The remarks were made after the talks he held in Rabat with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The talks that he described as “fruitful” reviewed the friendly relations existing between the […]
Morocco has received a first shipment of 600,000 jabs developed by Pfizer-BioNTech as it plans to expand inoculation to people aged 12, health ministry sources said. The new shipment is part of an order of about 2 million jabs of the powerful vaccine which should help safeguard gains made by Morocco’s vaccination campaign. Morocco also […]
Israel and Morocco agreed to upgrade their liaison office into embassies in few upcoming months reflecting the growing ties between the two countries, Israel’s foreign minister Yair Lapid said. Lapid said that the upgrade will take place after Morocco’s airlines launches direct flights to Israel. The announcement has not been confirmed by Rabat yet. Speaking […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed Wednesday’s visit by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid in Morocco as the two countries built on the normalization agreement signed last year under a US-brokered deal. Blinken in a statement called the visit, along with the reopening of the Israeli liaison office in Rabat, “significant for Israel, […]
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Moroccan Junior Foreign Minister Mohcine Jazouli inaugurated Israel’s Liaison Office in Morocco’s capital Thursday morning, following last year’s agreement to reestablish ties between the two countries. At the ceremony, limited by COVID-19 restrictions, Lapid was accompanied by the members of his delegation, Welfare Minister Meir Cohen, a native […]