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Former Spanish defense minister and former chief of intelligence services José Bono has commended his country’s supportive stand of the Moroccan autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty, stressing the importance for Rabat and Madrid of maintaining a good relationship. “The position adopted by the government of Pedro Sanchez on the Sahara […]
Morocco is a “key strategic” partner of the European Union and plays a “major” role in migration management and the fight against smugglers, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, said on Monday before the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Speaking during a plenary debate on the recent storming attempt of the metal fence in the […]
Head of the Spanish Government Pedro Sánchez has pleaded for more solidarity with Morocco on the part of Spain and Europe to face up illegal immigration, while hailing the efforts made by the North African country to fight illegal immigration mafias. Some people “sometimes seem to think that countries like Morocco do not suffer from […]
Fortress Europe has never been so hypocritical. Commentators in Western media have been competing to blame Morocco for the deadly crossing of Melilla on June 24, which left 23 dead in a stampede and caused 140 injuries within Moroccan security forces. Morocco has been the first to express condolences and deplore the death of the […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rachid Talbi Alami, pleaded Thursday in Baku for the consolidation of cooperation and multilateral partnership between member countries of the parliamentary network of the Non-Aligned Movement while insisting that NAM countries establish solidarity and non-interference in the internal affairs of member countries as a doctrine in their ties. Alami […]
Morocco is taking part in the 33rd session of the Crans Montana Forum Africa , held in Brussels under the theme ”the world at the time of African economic sovereignty”. The three days extraordinary session of the forum will discuss the construction of a new Africa-Europe partnership, security challenges, the strengthening of public health systems, […]
The Spanish government has denounced the maneuvers of the Algerian authorities who have proceeded to the unilateral blocking of trade operations in both directions and violated the association agreement with the European Union. The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, confirmed on Thursday that there was indeed a blockade of trade operations by […]
Several members of the European Parliament have voiced support to Morocco’s humane management of illegal migration, describing the North African Kingdom as a reliable and strategic partner in the fight against human smuggling and trafficking. Commenting the latest violent mass crossing attempt by illegal sub-Saharan migrants from Northern Moroccan region of Nador into Spanish enclave […]
Africa has always been at the heart of Morocco’s strategic choices and Morocco has never ceased reaffirming its African identity since its independence, said Tuesday in Paris the ambassador of the Kingdom to France, Mohamed Benchaâboun. The Morocco-Africa relationship is a “priority” in the Kingdom’s foreign policy and has been enshrined in the Constitution in […]
Morocco needs help in facing the repercussions resulting from a surge in illegal migration, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said. Sanchez had thanked Moroccan security forces for their efforts to counter illegal migration flows and their crackdown on migrant trafficking networks, responsible for the death of at least 23 migrants in Melilla crossing last Friday. […]