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Bahrain has announced the opening of a consulate general in Laayoune, in the Moroccan southern provinces, becoming thus the third Middle Eastern country to make such a decision after the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. The decision was announced by King of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa in a phone call he […]
Egypt has refused to welcome its citizens stranded in Qatar amid global battle against covid-19 and diplomatic tension between the two countries. A source at Qatar’s foreign ministry told Doha-based news network Al Jazeera that the Gulf country has charted a plane to bring home Egyptian nationals but Egypt has refused to let the Spanish […]
King Mohammed VI and King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa held talks in Rabat Thursday. King Hamad is on a private visit to Morocco, reports MAP, without disclosing the contents of talks. On Wednesday, Bahraini Foreign minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa held a meeting in Rabat with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. He […]
The governments of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have renewed their continued firm backing to Morocco’s territorial integrity, hailing the sustained efforts deployed by the North African Kingdom for a lasting political settlement of the Sahara regional conflict. Addressing the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, convening in New York, Bahraini Foreign minister […]
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have both renewed this week backing to Morocco’s legitimate rights over its southern provinces and reaffirmed rejection of any attack on Morocco’s supreme interests, sovereignty and territorial integrity. In Manama, the Foreign Ministry renewed in a statement Bahrain’s supportive position to Morocco’s legitimate rights over its southern provinces, and its backing […]
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita who is carrying messages from King Mohammed VI to the rulers of the Gulf countries carried on his Gulf tour with a visit to Doha this Thursday. Upon arrival in Doha, Bourita was received by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, to whom he conveyed the royal […]
King Mohammed VI has sent messages to King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and to Bahrain’s ruler, King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa. The message to the Saudi King was handed over on Wednesday at the Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. During this audience, Bourita conveyed to the Custodian […]
The 30th Arab Summit convened in Tunisia over the weekend has welcomed the “Al Quds Call” signed Saturday in Rabat by King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, and Pope Francis who was visiting the Kingdom. The Tunis Declaration adopted by the summit welcomed the “Al-Quds Call”, which aims at […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Sunday said Washington will press Saudi Arabia to hold murders of dissent journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed on October 2 in Istanbul-Turkey, accountable. Pompeo who is on a tour in the Middle East is expected in Riyadh Sunday after a visit to Qatar where he urged for the quick end […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Sunday in Qatar urged America’s feuding allies; Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt on one side and Qatar on the other, to end regional diplomatic row has been going on over 18 months after the Saudi-led side accused Doha of supporting terrorism. Pompeo who is on regional tour in […]