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Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Omar Hilal underscored the tenets of Moroccan diplomatic action on top of which a steadfast attachment to multilateralism in line with the UN charter, uncompromising on the Kingdom’s territorial integrity and neighborliness with Algeria. Speaking at a lengthy and detailed interview with Jeune Afrique, Ambassador Hilale reiterated Morocco’s […]
The European Union is Africa’s most important trading partner and while both continents stand to gain from closer commercial relations, trade between Europe and Africa suffers from a broad misalignment in trade policy priorities, David Luke, professor at the London School of Economics & political Sciences, argues in his new book on African trade. While […]
The Polisario and its mentor Algeria have suffered a new setback in their new strategy to hassle Morocco economically through challenges filed by European proxy NGOs, with a painful blow by the UK’s justice system rejecting a challenge to a trade deal with Morocco covering the Sahara. The new resounding failure adds to past desperate […]
A UK court rejected irrevocably the challenge by the Polisario to the association agreement with Morocco which includes the Sahara territory, in a new setback for the Algerian-backed separatist group that should serve as an example to follow for the EU. The appeal was filed by the UK-based Algerian proxy Western Sahara Campaign (WSC) which […]
The charm of Morocco with all its picturesque landscape, enchanting centuries-old cities, and enchanting cultural diversity, arts, cuisine and smells were neatly woven in a story by the Financial Times’ travel editor Maria Shollenbarger, who gave the reader a sense of the Morocco experience. Shollenbarger traveled with her 80-year-old mother who came all the way […]
Russia’s Deputy foreign minister Sergey Vershinin received Tuesday in Moscow Moroccan Ambassador to Russia Lotfi Bouchaara. They discussed a number of issues on the UN Security Council agenda, with a focus on the Sahara issue settlement, according to a press release issued by the Russian foreign minister. The meeting comes following the visit paid by […]
The government of Cabo Verde has reiterated its support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and reaffirmed its backing to the autonomy plan initiative presented by Morocco as “the only credible and realistic solution to the dispute” over the Sahara. In a document sent Tuesday, May 23, 2023 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Cabo Verdean […]
Italy’s embassy in Rabat has issued a statement reiterating its stand in favor of a UN solution to the Sahara issue, while dismissing Algeria’s news reports which interpreted the opening of a visa processing center in Tindouf as a sign of support to the Algerian-backed Polisario separatists. In the statement, the Italian embassy said the […]
Rich in phosphates and cobalt deposits, Morocco is poised to attract investments in the fields of electric batteries and environment-friendly vehicles as it pushes to achieve industrial sovereignty and expands high-tech manufacturing. The country’s officials have on multiple occasions mentioned an active quest to attract investors to build a gigafactory that will lure other EV […]
The Arab Summit, convened Friday in Jeddah, lauded Morocco’s efforts engaged for the settlement of the Libyan crisis and praised the Kingdom’s solidarity with Yemen. In their final declaration, the Arab leaders stressed the importance of the Libyan Political Agreement signed in Skhirat in 2015 for a lasting and peaceful resolution of the Libyan crisis. […]