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Morocco has condemned in the strongest terms the actions of an extremist who tore up a copy of the Holy Quran in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Kingdom “denounces this new provocative act that offends the sacred symbols and feelings of more than a billion Muslims,” said the Foreign Ministry in a statement. Morocco, “while […]
Spanish Prime minister Pedro Sanchez has highlighted the excellent cooperation ties existing between his country and Morocco, affirming that it is in the interest of the EU to maintain good relations with Rabat. Addressing on Tuesday the Spanish lawmakers, Pedro Sanchez stressed the strategic importance of maintaining good relations with neighboring Morocco not only for […]
France and Algeria have signed a military and security cooperation deal during the visit by the figurehead of the ruling military junta in the oil and gas rich country Said Chengrigha. The deal came after a series of visits including a visit by Emmanuel Macron in which French and Algerian officials talked about the past […]
Princess Lalla Hasnaa, President of the Foundation for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Rabat, chaired, on Tuesday in Paris, the signing ceremony of a five-year partnership agreement between the Foundation and UNESCO. The agreement was inked, in presence of UNESCO Chief Audrey Azoulay, by Ernesto Ottone, UNESCO Assistant Director-General and Nouzha Alaoui, Secretary […]
Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov slammed Tuesday France for interference in the internal affairs of African countries and support to terrorist organizations on the continent. Lavrov was speaking at a joint press conference with his Eswatini peer Thuli Dladla in capital Mbabane, as part of an African tour. “By supporting terrorists in Libya, France has […]
The African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has received a $10.15 million financing from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) destined to support agricultural projects for small scale farmers in Kenya, Mozambique and Uganda. NORAD’s contribution will enable the AFFM to provide credit guarantees for up to 36 months in the three countries, with the […]
Member of European Parliament Thierry Mariani denounced on Tuesday the biased stand adopted by the European Parliament against Morocco, a “key strategic partner of the EU in Africa”, while turning a blind eye to Algeria’s oppression of pro-democracy militants for gas supplies. “By tolerating everything from Algeria and systematically slamming Morocco, the EU and Macron […]
The recent resolution of the European Parliament is part of the attacks on Morocco by those who are disturbed by the development, prosperity and strong regional and international presence of the Kingdom, said Charles Saint-Prot, director general of the Paris-based Observatory of Geopolitical Studies (OEG), created in 2004. “It is all the same mind-boggling to […]
The Moroccan Parliament announced Monday it has decided to reconsider its relations with the European Parliament (EP) and to subject these relations to an overall assessment, in order to take appropriate decisions, following the EP’s latest positions regarding Morocco. This announcement was made in a statement released Monday at the end of a joint meeting […]
The Arab Parliament strongly denounced the meddling of the European Parliament in Morocco’s internal affairs as well as the unfounded human rights accusations against the North African country. The Arab Parliament voiced strong disapproval of the European Parliament’s resolution which interfered in the judicial procedure of a sovereign Arab state, Arab MPs said in a […]