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Morocco has been clear and accurate in spelling out its disagreements with Berlin, while German authorities keep waffling and playing deaf & dumb. Prior to recalling its ambassador to Germany this weekend, the North African Kingdom had first suspended contacts in March with German embassy in Rabat. So, it is not a rushed but a […]
Algeria’s president Tebboune ordered the government as well as public and private companies to refrain from doing business with what he called “foreign entities”, targeting in particular Moroccan operators. Blinded by hostility to everything Moroccan, Algeria’s new ailing president Tebboune is desperately seeking to distract the Algerian people from the worsening economic and social crisis […]
It is high time Morocco gave Spain a taste of its own medicine. As Spain continues to turn a blind eye to Morocco’s protests for hosting Polisario separatist leader Ibrahim Ghali under a made-up identity, Rabat should respond by taking actions such as offering political asylum to democratically elected Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont. The […]
King Mohammed VI have played a key role in bringing Gulf countries closer following the rift that pitted Qatar against its Gulf Cooperation Council neighbors, Kuwaiti FM Ahmad Nasser Al Mohammad Al Sabah said. The Moroccan monarch’s efforts were instrumental in supporting Kuwait’s quest to restore ties between the Gulf neighbors, Al Sabah said in […]
Morocco’s strongly worded response to Spain’s decision of hosting Polisario leader describes the move as “a premeditated act, a voluntary choice” and a “deplorable situation”. In a statement issued by the Foreign ministry, Morocco says it takes full note of the Spanish “sovereign decision” of not informing it about the secret transfer from Algiers to […]
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said that the Kingdom’s ties with Israel and the US are posed to grow following the tripartite deal in December following which Rabat resumed ties with Israel and Washington recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. Bourita made the remarks in a video statement to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee […]
As civilian and peaceful pro-democracy hirak protest gain traction, Algeria’s fire fighters joined the wave of dissent and resentment against an inefficient government that acts as a curtain for a corrupt military regime holding the country with an iron fist. Hundreds of firefighters in their uniform took to the street to demand better wages and […]
There is no room for ambiguity, doubts or uncertainty in relations between Morocco and Spain, two neighbors and strategic partners which share common history and growing economic interests. Rabat has always been crystal-clear in its stand and refused to support Catalonian separatists who were seeking in 2017 to set up a breakaway state in the […]
Blinded by an endemic hostility to Morocco’s territorial integrity, Algeria’s official news agency has hit a new low conflating the Egyptian Western Sahara/desert with Morocco’s southern provinces. The Algerian-regime’s official mouthpiece reported on May 3 that two Egyptian firms plan to invest 1 billion dollars in oil projects in Western Sahara. But because of their […]
Foreign minister Nasser Bourita has reiterated Morocco’s strong rejection of the Spanish decision to host Separatist leader Ibrahim Ghali, and said that Spain has to choose either Morocco or Ghali. The Spanish decision risks seriously undermining relations with Morocco, Bourita told Spanish news agency EFE. Ghali was admitted at a Spanish hospital after entering the […]