First Independent Mena Newspaper
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita had this Friday a phone talk with his Ukrainian peer Dmytro Kuleba, the second in a few days, after the one they had on March 22. The announcement was made in a tweet by the Moroccan Foreign Ministry. Dmytro Kuleba also spoke about this exchange with Bourita, on his Twitter […]
King Mohammed VI invited Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to visit Morocco after relations improved between the two countries following Madrid’s open support to the autonomy plan for the Moroccan Sahara. In a phone call Thursday, King Mohammed VI expressed appreciation for the letter in which Sanchez said Spain supports the autonomy plan as “the […]
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez defended before Spanish Mps the new position of his country in support of Morocco’s autonomy plan as « The most serious, realistic and credible » basis for settling the artificial dispute around the Sahara territory. Sanchez had sent a letter to King Mohammed VI on March 18 voicing the same […]
Morocco is hosting this March 29-30 the 34th meeting of the Steering Committee of the member countries of the 5+5 Defense Initiative that will assess the situation on the projects initiated within the framework of the Initiative, update the Action Plan for the year 2022, and draw up the draft Action Plan for the year […]
The UK has imposed harsh economic and financial sanctions on Russia following the war with Ukraine. And as the British government is preparing to cut energy ties with Russia, Morocco can help UK avoid energy crisis thanks to its abundant resources, according to Daily Express. In a bid to ditch Russian energy, Britain has pledged […]
Morocco and the United Kingdom have a shared determination to deepen their cooperation in the areas of defense and security and to expand it, in particular, to the defense industry and cybersecurity. Means to bolster this cooperation were discussed during meetings that the visiting UK Defense Senior Advisor to the Middle East and North Africa, […]
The Moroccan and French armies held a new version of their Chergui military exercise in eastern Morocco involving land and air forces. The drills took three weeks in the eastern region of Errachidia focusing on enhancing armies’ interoperability. The exercise is part of the Moroccan army’s efforts to boost readiness amid a surge of threats […]
The Moroccan ambassador to the Holy See, Rajae Naji Mekkaoui, was decorated by the Supreme Pontiff, with the high honorary distinction of Grand Cross of the Order of Pius IX. During the presentation of the solemn distinction, Msgr. Edgar Peña Parra, substitute for General Affairs to the Secretary of State, conveyed the most cordial wishes […]
Morocco announced, Thursday in Rabat, the official implementation of the recommendation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the ethics of artificial intelligence adopted on the sidelines of the 41st session of the General Conference of UNESCO held in November 2021 in Paris. The announcement, made by Minister of National Education, […]
Germany supports the reforms undertaken by Morocco over the past two decades, which have led to significant political, economic and social progress under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, underlined a Joint statement issued on Thursday following video talks between Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Svenja Schulze. The […]