First Independent Mena Newspaper
Security challenges faced by both Morocco and Spain and other issues of common interest were reviewed at a meeting in Madrid Monday between the two countries’ Interior Ministers Abdelouafi Laftit and Fernando Grande-Marlaska. During this in-depth dialogue, the two officials underlined the richness and fluidity of bilateral cooperation in security matters and highlighted the significant […]
Cooperation in the security and migration fields between Morocco and Spain is marked by a “high level of efficiency”, Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Friday in Rabat. “Collaboration between Rabat and Madrid is marked by a high level of efficiency, particularly in the fight against irregular migration, human trafficking, drug trafficking and organized […]
Moroccan and visiting Israeli interior ministers met in Rabat to discuss cooperation prospects, as the two countries foster bilateral ties since the resumption of their diplomatic ties in late 2020. The meeting, held Tuesday between Abdelouafi Laftit and Ayelet Shaked, is part of the momentum of the trilateral accord signed by Morocco, the USA and […]
King Mohammed VI chaired a ceremony at the Royal palace in Fez this Thursday during which a new government of 24 jobs was announced following general elections last September 8. The King had tasked Head of the Government Aziz Akhannouch with forming a new cabinet after his RNI party won 102 of the parliament’s 395 […]
Rabat and Paris reiterated their commitment to reinforce security cooperation notably in terms of intelligence sharing, Morocco’s interior ministry said in a statement. The two countries stepped up their judicial cooperation as well as joint efforts against illegal migration and all sorts of trafficking as well as counter-terrorism, reads the statement issued after talks in […]
Draft strategies to combat terrorism and narcotics in the Arab world were adopted by the Arab interior ministers at the 36th meeting of their Council convened this weekend in Tunis. Morocco took part in the Tunis meeting with a delegation led by Interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit. In his speech made before his Arab peers, Mr. […]
Migration topped the agenda of a meeting between Interior ministers of Morocco and Spain Abdelouafi Laftit and Fernando Grande-Marlaska who both stressed on Saturday in Madrid the need for promoting legal migration as Spain became the main gate for illegal crossings to Europe. The Spanish minister told the press following the meeting that both countries […]
Saudi Minister of the Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayif bin Abdulaziz, who was received Wednesday in Rabat by King Mohammed VI, met the following day his Moroccan peer Abdelouafi Laftit during his official visit to the North African Kingdom. Talks between the two ministers focused on security cooperation prospects between the two countries, […]
Morocco’s Interior minister, Abdelouafi Laftit, is taking part in Lyon, France, in the G6 Interior Ministers’ meeting, gathering the European Union’s six biggest countries (France, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy & Poland). Morocco and the United States are the only two non-European countries invited to the two-day meeting that is focused on the fight against […]
The Government is set to implement the development program of the coal mining city of Jerada, which was hit by protests following the death of two miners in an abandoned mine near the city, said Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit. Speaking to MPs, the Minister deplored the death of the two brothers in the abandoned mine […]