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Moroccan and Israeli foreign ministers received the heads of their respective liaison offices in Rabat and Tel Aviv moving with steady steps towards implementing the deal signed in December to resume ties and unlock cooperation at all levels. In Rabat, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita received head of Israeli liaison office David Govrin, who said […]
Morocco reiterates its calls on Arab countries to work together to protect each other’s territorial integrity and stand as a bulwark against attempts to sow division and discord among them. Foreign minister Nasser Bourita, who was speaking at an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers, organized Monday through videoconference, stressed the need for a collective […]
Moroccan and Israeli Foreign Ministers, Nasser Bourita and Gabi Ashkenazi had a phone talk on Tuesday that focused on cooperation between the two countries. The two officials discussed bilateral cooperation agreements between Morocco & Israel and regional issues of mutual interest, the Israeli Foreign Minister said in a tweet. “I had a warm and […]
Turkish ready-to-wear stores operating in Morocco are looking for local suppliers after Morocco raised customs duty on clothes imports from Turkey. Defacto’s Morocco country manager Hassan Avsar said the company has already started textile production in Morocco. LC Waikiki is following suit seeking local suppliers for their stores, Medias 24 reported. This is a direct […]
Morocco and Israel are set to exchange visits of high-level delegations in February to finalize the terms of cooperation agreements in various areas. The issue was discussed in a phone call Friday between Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and Israel’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben Shabbat. During the phone call, which takes place within the […]
The United States assured the UN on Tuesday that the new Administration of Joe Biden will support a negotiated two-state solution in the Middle East, which implies a viable state for Palestine, and announced that it was renewing US relations with the Palestinian leadership, and restoring “credible engagement” with the Palestinians. The remarks were made […]
A Royal Air Maroc Dreamliner carrying the first batch of vaccines from the Chinese Sinopharm laboratory factory landed at the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca this Wednesday morning. The first batch includes 500,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the Chinese laboratory. The Kingdom had ordered 45 million doses. This is the second batch […]
Few days after the Israeli cabinet approved the normalization deal with Morocco, Israeli chargé d’affaires arrived in Rabat to start building its diplomatic network through reactivating the liaison office which has been closed since 2000. David Goverin, who had served as ambassador to Egypt, will serve as a temporary “chargé d’affaires,” the Israeli foreign ministry […]
Indian businesswoman Rashmi Chowdhary has become Morocco’s first honorary consul taking office in Calcutta, capital of the Indian State of West Bengal. Mrs. Chowdhary has started her new job in the consulate which has been inaugurated during a ceremony attended by Moroccan ambassador to India Mohamed Maliki, several local business leaders, representatives of finance corporations, […]
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan affirmed that Washington will build on the success of Israel’s normalization deals including the one signed with Morocco. The news was relayed by the White House following a phone talk between Sullivan and Israel’s National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat. “They (Jake Sullivan & Meir Ben Shabbat) discussed opportunities to […]