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Morocco’s Agriculture and Fisheries minister Aziz Akhannouch is visiting London where he held talks with UK secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Michael Gove centering on the impact of Brexit on bilateral cooperation. The meeting was an opportunity for the two ministers to review the relations between Morocco and the United Kingdom […]
Aziz Akhannouch, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister and head of the RNI party, was ranked Morocco’s wealthiest man in Forbes 2018 ranking of World’s Billionaires. Akhannouch, the owner of Akwa group, with a total wealth of $2.2 billion came ahead of his countryman Othman Benjelloun, President of BMCE Bank with $1.7 billion. Akhannouch’s wealth came largely […]
A Moroccan ministerial delegation is taking part in the “Save Lake Chad” conference, which opened in Abuja on February 26 with the aim to raise funds and gather efforts to address the environmental, human and security challenges facing the region. The delegation, sent upon Royal Instructions, includes Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Aziz Akhannouch and Minister […]
The EU-Morocco fisheries agreement remains in force until its expiry date set for July 2018, said Morocco’s Agriculture and Fisheries agreement in a comment following the verdict of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) The agreement remains valid and European vessels will continue to operate in Moroccan waters, including off the Sahara coasts until the […]
Morocco and the European Union have initialed in Brussels this Wednesday (January 31) a document strengthening their partnership under the farm agreement binding the two parties. “The signing of this document is part of the strengthening of the Morocco-European agricultural partnership on the basis of the farm agreement between the two parties”, said Foreign Minister […]
Morocco has earmarked 6.85 billion dirhams to a program meant to curb disparities between cities and rural areas in 2018. Speaking at the weekly government meeting Thursday, Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch said the program will be funded by the fund of rural and mountainous zones development with the aim of opening up hard-to-reach areas, developing […]
Since the first visit to Moscow by King Mohammed VI in 2002, Morocco and Russia have been working together to deepen their strategic partnership and expand their cooperation to new areas including energy and new industries. The visit by Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev to Morocco, which comes after the visit paid by King Mohammed VI […]
Morocco’s sustainable fisheries strategy was showcased at the Global Fishery Forum & Seafood Expo, which kicked off in Saint Petersbug on September 14. Speaking on this occasion, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Aziz Akhannouch offered insight on Morocco’s fisheries model that combines the sustainable exploitation of fisheries with ecological imperatives In this regards, the Minister put […]
Morocco has been awarded a UNESCO prize in recognition of its efforts in promoting the gender approach in fisheries sciences. The award was handed by UNESCO Director Irina Bokova to Moroccan Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, Aziz Akhannouch, at A ceremony organized by the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, on […]
Morocco was elected vice-Chair of the UN Oceans Conference, held on June 5-9 in New York with the participation of 120 countries. Morocco was unanimously elected by the 193 UN member states as vice-chair of the high-level UN Conference on oceans that aims at reversing the decline in the health of oceans through garnering support […]