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King Mohammed VI was represented at the investiture ceremony of the new Argentine President, Javier Milei, which took place on Sunday in Buenos Aires, by speaker of the House of Representatives Rachid Talbi El Alami. The official investiture ceremony of Javier Milei took place at the headquarters of the Argentine Congress, in the presence of […]
Morocco has called for strengthening regional and international cooperation to counter the growing threat posed by terrorists, organized crime networks, and separatist group in Africa. Speaking during a UN Security Council debate on “Transnational Organized Crime, Growing Challenges & New Threats”, Omar Kadiri, Morocco’s Deputy permanent representative to UN, voiced concern over the expansion of […]
President of the Libyan High Council of State, Muhammad Meftah Takala, welcomed Morocco’s position, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, regarding the Libyan crisis. Inter-Libyan dialogue rounds held in the Kingdom “have laid the foundations of some institutions and put an end to the bloody conflict between the Libyan brothers”, Takala said at a […]
For years and still, Morocco has advocated and campaigned for a united and integrated Maghreb. But its calls have fell on deaf ears of an Algerian military junta that held the region hostage to its pro-separatism schemes. In the face of this Algerian obstinacy to maintain the status-quo of the non-Maghreb, Morocco looked north and […]
King Mohammed VI emphasized the urgency of finding effective means to implement the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights during an international symposium in Rabat commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Declaration. The King, in his royal message, noted that the international community has not fully realized these principles and underscored the importance […]
The 47th Arab Police and Security Leaders Conference kicked off Wednesday in Tangier, with the participation of senior security officials. This two-day meeting is attended by the Secretary General of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, the President of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), the President of the Naif Arab University for Security Sciences […]
Algeria’s appropriation bill for 2024 continues on track of prioritizing social peace at the expense of sustainability of public finances, auguring ill for the medium- and long-term macroeconomic balances of the country. The Algerian state will spend 38 billion dollars on its inflated public sector payroll, which takes the largest chunk of budget distribution. Civil […]
The leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries have reiterated their unwavering support for the Moroccanness of the Sahara and for the preservation of the security and stability of the North African Kingdom and its territorial integrity. The supportive stand comes in the final statement released at the end of the 44th GCC summit held […]
Ms. Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, has called on Algerian authorities to release all human rights militants imprisoned for the exercise of their freedom of expression, opinion and association. In her preliminary findings disclosed this week following her ten-day visit to the country, the UN official belied the […]
Morocco and the UAE signed a deal to invest in the Atlantic gas pipeline that will channel Nigerian gas to North Africa and ultimately to Europe. The deal was part of a series of memorandums of understanding signed during a state visit by King Mohammed VI to Abu Dhabi. It signals the UAE readiness to […]