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King Mohammed VI flew Thursday to Paris where he is expected to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. According to Le360 e-journal, during his few-day visit, King Mohammed VI will meet French President Emmanuel Macron and will take part in the first Paris Peace Forum, scheduled for November 11 to 13 in the French capital. The […]
Moroccan Energy and Mines Minister Aziz Rabbah has dismissed reports claiming a halt in the Moroccan-Nigerian gas pipeline saying that studies are ongoing and that West African states welcome the project. The project was launched by Morocco and Nigeria in 2016 with feasibility studies already underway. “Studies relating to the Morocco-Nigeria pipeline are underway,” said […]
Morocco’s high-speed train, the first of its kind in Africa, will be inaugurated on Nov.15th in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, according to Reuters news agency which cited the French Presidency. Some Moroccan local media also reported the news. This landmark project in the Moroccan-French relations […]
The city of Molins de Rei in Spain has refused to host a scheduled women’s water polo match between Spain and Israel after Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists lobbied for the event to be rejected. The match that was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon as part of a European preliminary championship ahead of the […]
King Mohammed VI has underlined the constructive initiatives made by Morocco for the resolution of the regional Sahara issue, stressing the country’s positive reaction to various international calls for practical proposals that can help achieve a realistic and lasting political settlement based on compromise and on the Autonomy Initiative. In a speech he made on […]
Morocco reiterated its stand in favor of giving the primacy to the UN Security Council in matters relating to peace keeping and conflict prevention at an African union reform summit. Morocco made it clear that the UN charter as well as the AU’s peace and security committee clearly state that the UN Security Council is […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has reiterated that he encourages and supports the reform process of the African Union. This came in a phone conversation the Sovereign had Monday with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Acting Chairman of the African Union. The phone talk took place on the eve of the Extraordinary Summit of […]
Morocco and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB), have agreed to enhance cooperation within the framework of Arab-Africa Trade Bridges (AATB) Program. This regional trade promotion program aims at addressing some of the challenges faced in promoting trade between Africa and the Arab world. The […]
Some 150 French business leaders flocked to Laayoune to take part in the third Morocco-France Business Forum opened Saturday in the Sahara major city, with the aim to create an efficient, dynamic and content-rich meeting space between Moroccan and French economic operators. Several French participants vowed from the start to further develop their investments in […]
The US will end trade benefits for Mauritania on January 1 for falling short of abolishing forced labor practices, the US Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) said. Mauritania is not in compliance with requirements of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which provides duty-free treatment for certain goods, USTR said in a statement explaining the […]