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Morocco and China have drawn a roadmap to enhance their relations and strengthen their decades-long ties through the strategic partnership sealed on Wednesday during the official visit King Mohammed VI is paying to China. The joint statement setting up this strategic partnership, which was signed by King Mohammed VI and President Xi Jinping, translates the […]
Despite the huge geographic distance existing between Rabat and Beijing, the two capitals have decided to overcome this obstacle by setting out a strategic partnership model thanks to a proactive royal diplomacy and vision regarding China as a world economic power. China has big dreams. Morocco too aims high. Sensing the need for more partners […]
Islamist militant Abu Walid Al-Sahrawi, a member of the so-called People’s Army of Sahrawi Liberation (military branch of the polisario secessionist movement) who joined the terror organization ISIS, has threatened to attack MINURSO and foreign tourists in Sahara. In an audio recording aired by Al Jazeera, Abu Walid Al-Sahrawi has, for the first time, threatened […]
Morocco has welcomed the resolution adopted Friday by the UN Security Council which renews the mandate of the MINURSO, the UN peacekeeping mission in the Sahara, for one year, for it reiterates the fundamental parameters of the political solution it defined since 2004. “This resolution reaffirms the parameters of the political solution, as defined by […]
King Mohammed VI pointed out Wednesday that the so-called Arab Spring which caused destruction, chaos and human tragedies turned out to be a calamitous autumn and that the Arab world is going through a difficult period. He also warned against the conspiracies which seek to destabilize the few countries that have managed to safeguard their […]
The participation of King Mohammed VI at the 1st summit meeting held in Riyadh April 20 between Morocco and the rich-oil Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries confirms the status of the North African nation as a regional key player. The summit comes at a time when the Arab world and particularly the six member States […]
While Moroccan car industry moves up gear, gaining momentum, creating more jobs and attracting more investment, neighboring Algeria has apparently failed to convince automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen to install in the oil & gas rich country which is plunging in political crisis and socioeconomic turmoil. During the latest visit of French Prime Minister Manuel Valls […]
The United Nations Secretary General is supposed to be a peace-maker and most importantly is supposed to observe neutrality in any conflict he is called to settle. But Ban Ki-moon, the current UN Chief has ignored his position and the role he needs to play and recklessly fell in his own trap and in the […]
It was really Morocco’s biggest ever demonstration as more than three million people poured last Sunday onto the streets of Rabat to slam UN Secretary General’s latest remarks on Moroccan Sahara and reaffirm that the territory is Moroccan and Moroccan it shall remain. As shown in TV footage and press reports, the turnout was impressive […]
After Morocco announced on Thursday its decision to suspend all contact with European institutions following a judicial ruling invalidating the agriculture agreement binding the two sides, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, voiced the European Union’s willingness to address the concerns of the North African kingdom so that the cooperation can be […]