Qatar will grant Tunisia, in June, a credit line of $2 billion, Riadh Chaïbi, advisor to the Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament, Rached Ghannouchi announced as Tunisia’s Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi is currently undertaking a three-day state visit to the Gulf country. Mechichi, during a meeting with his host, Qatari Premier Sheikh Khaled bIn Khalifa […]
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Egypt: Tourism revenues on the rise thanks to arrivals from Eastern Europe, Gulf countries
Egypt is targeting between $6 billion and $9 billion in tourism revenues in 2021 as the country reports a rise in arrivals of Eastern European and Gulf holidaymakers, Bloomberg reports quoting tourism minister Khaled El Anany. Late last month, Deputy Minister Ghada Shalaby said Egypt is expecting to generate between $6 billion and $7 billion […]
Tunisian Premier to visit Qatar early June
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi will pay a state visit to Qatar early June at the invitation of his Qatari counterpart Cheikh Khaled Bin Khalifa Al Thani, the ambassador of the Gulf country to Tunis has revealed. Saad Bin Nasser Al-Hamidi told al-sharq news media that he handed out the invitation for an official visit […]
South Korea to fund technology center in Tunisia
South Korea will fund the establishment of a technology center in Tunisia for the production of integrated solutions for the benefits of several sectors including agriculture. The $5 million worth financing will be signed shortly between the two countries, Webdo Tunis reports. The El Ghazela center will be located in the […]
COVID-19: Morocco receives new batch of over 2 million Sinopharm doses
Morocco received, this Sunday, May 23, more than 2 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine. Two RAM Dreamliner, carrying this new batch, landed in the early afternoon at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca, local media reports. This shipment follows the 2 million doses of Sinopharm anti-covid vaccine received on Wednesday, May 19, as China […]
Ramallah: Moroccan humanitarian aid handed to Palestinian National Authority
The urgent humanitarian aid sent to Gaza and the West Bank at the high instructions of King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, was handed on Thursday in Ramallah to the Palestinian National Authority. The aid, which was sent to Marka International Airport in Amman, Jordan, before entering by land through the Jordan-Palestine border […]
U.S. reaches out to Morocco for de-escalation in Israeli-Palestinian fighting
As violent clashes intensify between Israelis and Palestinians, the U.S. administration has reached out to Morocco for its peacemaking leverage to end hostilities in the region. In this connection, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita this Tuesday. “The Secretary and the Foreign Minister discussed their shared […]
JICA contributes to Morocco’s territorial development projects with a $165 Mln loan
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will contribute to the financing of Morocco’s territorial development projects with a $165 Mln loan. The loan agreement was concluded recently between JICA and le Fonds d’Equipement Communal (FEC), which is trying to diversify its sources of financing on an international scale. This comes as Morocco is embarking on […]
Algeria sends empty slogans to Palestinians as Morocco sends aid
Algerian media have engaged in a spate of empty slogans of solidarity with Palestinians at a time Morocco sent 40 tons of emergency aid to the West Bank and Gaza. The Algerian regime, blinded by an endemic anti-semitism, has engaged in an anti-Moroccan rhetoric often evoking Rabat’s decision to resume diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv […]
Morocco’s emergency humanitarian aid to Palestinians starts arriving, Arab & Islamic worlds hail role of Al-Quds Committee
The emergency humanitarian aid, sent by Morocco at the order of King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, to the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, started arriving aboard aircrafts of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR). Two aircrafts loaded with basic foodstuffs, emergency medicine and blankets landed at Amman’s airport Sunday, […]