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King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al Quds Committee, and Pope Francis signed on Saturday at the Throne Room at the Royal Palace in Rabat the “Al Quds Appeal” aimed at maintaining the multi-faceted religious, the spiritual dimension and the particular identity of the holy city of Jerusalem that they labeled “the common patrimony of […]
Morocco and the United Arab Emirates signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the promotion and management of investments in the real estate sector. The agreement was initialed on the sidelines of the Dubai Property Festival by Morocco’s State Secretary for Housing, Fatna Lkhiyel, and Director General of Dubai Land Department, Sultan Butti bin Mijrin, reported […]
Morocco considers foreign policy a matter of sovereignty and deems that coordination with Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, must be done on both sides and must not be selective. The remarks were made Thursday in Casablanca by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at a joint briefing with his Jordanian counterpart […]
King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al-Quds Committee, and King Abdullah II of Jordan have reiterated their full support to the Palestinian people for the recovery of all their legitimate rights, including their right to statehood. This came in the joint statement issued at the end of the working and friendship visit King Abdullah II paid […]
The Speaker of the Romanian Senate has called off his trip to Morocco at the demand of the Speaker of the North African country’s parliament on the backdrop of the Romanian Prime Minister’s recent decision to transfer the embassy of the European country in Israel to Jerusalem. Călin Popescu Tăriceanu was scheduled to visit the […]
New Delhi has appointed Joint Secretary of the Defense Ministry as the country’s new envoy to Morocco at a time relations between the two countries are witnessing a growing trend. Shri Shambhu S. Kumaran, presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defense, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of […]
King Abdullah II of Jordan is expected in Morocco on Wednesday for a two-day friendship and working visit. King Abdullah II of Jordan will pay on Wednesday and Thursday a friendship and working visit to Morocco at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, the ministry of the royal household, protocol and chancellery announced. The Moroccan […]
South Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum, Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth on Monday visited Qatar to boost ties between the two nations. In a meeting with the Acting CEO of Qatar National Bank (QNB) in Doha, Abdallah Mubarak Al-Khalifa, Minister Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening bilateral ties. QNB was the first Middle Eastern bank to […]
Moroccan university professor Abdelali Mohamed Oudghiri received Sunday the 41st Prize of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia in the Arabic Language & Literature category. Dr. Oudghiri, who shared the $200,000 award with Egyptian Prof. Mahmoud Fahmy Hegazi, won the prize for his advanced studies on Arab language and his efforts to promote this language to […]
Russia has surprisingly shied away from supporting the authoritarian status quo in Algeria as it seeks to secure its long term interest in the North African country, notably in terms of armament contracts. It was not a coincidence that Deputy Prime Minister Ramtane Lamamra paid his first international visit to white wash the regime to […]