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On Tuesday in Rabat, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France’s public investments in Morocco, including in the Sahara, will continue. Speaking to business leaders and economic stakeholders at the conclusion of the “Morocco-France Entrepreneurial Meeting,” Macron highlighted Morocco as the “leading client” of the French Development Agency (AFD) for investments. He emphasized that the […]
Moroccan Panafsat company is planning to deploy a satellite communications system destined for Africa with the support of Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture set by French Thales group and Italian Leonardo corporation. The announcement was made during the meeting held Tuesday in Rabat between Moroccan-French businessmen on the sidelines of the state visit French […]
Morocco picked French firm Veolia to build the largest desalination plant in Africa and the world’s second largest, as the country seeks to address water-stress challenges. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in that connection between Morocco’s interior ministry and Veolia, on the sidelines of the visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco at […]
Moroccan and French businessmen ended a summit, on the sidelines of a visit by the French President to Rabat, with the signing of twenty agreements covering key areas of desalination, finance, banking, water management, and education. Speaking at the closing of the event, President Macron urged the business community in both countries to work together […]
King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid and Princesses Lalla Khadija, Lalla Meryem, Lalla Asmaa and Lalla Hasnaa, hosted on Tuesday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, a dinner banquet in honor of France’s President Emmanuel Macron and his spouse Ms. Brigitte Macron. Members of the official delegation accompanying […]
The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs posted this Tuesday on its official website Morocco’s official map, including its Sahara. The move, reflecting the impetus given to the national cause by King Mohammed VI, coincides with the state visit President Emmanuel Macron is paying to Morocco at the head of a large delegation of […]
At the instructions of King Mohammed VI, Princess Lalla Hasnaa, accompanied by Ms. Brigitte Macron, on Tuesday inaugurated the Royal Theater of Rabat, a structuring project that reinforces the ecosystem of the City of Light, Morocco’s cultural capital. After unveiling the commemorative plaque, Princess Lalla Hasnaa and France’s First Lady followed a presentation on the […]
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte visited on Tuesday the Mohammed V Mausoleum in Rabat where they paid their respects to late King Mohammed V and late King Hassan II. After laying a wreath of flowers on the graves of the two late Sovereigns, the Macrons observed a minute’s silence for the repose […]
French President Emmanuel Macron, who is on a three-day state visit to Morocco at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, has reaffirmed Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara. In a speech he delivered this Tuesday before members of the two chambers of the Moroccan Parliament in Rabat, President Macron addressed French-Moroccan historic relations, matters of common […]
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, alongside Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, officially opened the 30th Libyan-Italian Economic Forum at the Exhibition Grounds in Tripoli, which took place from October 28 to 29. In his opening remarks, Dbeibah emphasized the importance of strengthening bilateral cooperation with Italy, highlighting recent significant developments. He announced the return […]