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Zambia is grappling with the aftermath of one of its worst environmental disasters, as outrage mounts over a massive toxic spill from a Chinese-owned copper mine that polluted the Kafue River and devastated communities. The February incident occurred when a dam at Sino-Metals Leach Zambia, a subsidiary of China’s state-owned China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group, […]
Ways of enhancing further cooperation ties between Helsinki and Rabat were at the center of talks held Monday in Rabat by visiting Minister for Foreign Trade of Finland Mr. Ville Tavio with several Moroccan officials. Mr.Tavio met with foreign minister Nasser Bourita. They discussed political relations, regional cooperation prospects, shared global priorities and ways of […]
Finland became the latest country and the first Nordic country to formally support the autonomy proposal under Moroccan sovereignty as a solution to the Sahara conflict. This came in a joint statement following talks in Helsinki between Finnish FM Elina Valtonen and her Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita. “Finland considers the autonomy plan presented in […]
Ministers of justice of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland have signed an agreement to cooperate more closely to create a more effective system for sending illegal immigrants to their country of origin or other countries, depending on the circumstances. Up to now, Denmark has been leading the Nordic countries in a more strict policy […]
Senegal is keen on bolstering ties with Finland and diversifying its cooperation with the European country to make of it a great partner in the future. “The low level of partnership between the two countries is the reason why we want to deepen this cooperation with Finland, which is called to become a great partner […]
Morocco and Finland shared their experience in preventing and fighting extremism, part of a panel discussion held, on Wednesday in Helsinki, under the theme: “Addressing the experiences of Morocco and Finland in the fight against terrorism.” The event, hosted by Morocco’s embassy in Helsinki, was aimed at exploring the possible interactions between two different approaches […]
Morocco and Finland have signed an agreement meant to foster their cooperation in the energy sector. The document was signed during a virtual meeting between the Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leïla Benali, and the Finnish Minister of Economy, Mika Lintilä, represented in Rabat by the Finnish Ambassador to Morocco, Pekka Hyvönen. The […]
Ways of enhancing political dialogue and cooperation prospects in green economy were at the centre of virtual talks held Monday between Moroccan minister of foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita and his peer of Finland Pekka Haavisto. The two ministers praised the excellent Moroccan-Finnish relations and voiced their strong willingness to spare no efforts to consolidate them […]
The latest positive developments in the Sahara issue and the MENA region open up a new era for regional cooperation and a promising prospect for peace, said Head of Finnish Christian Democrats Party Sari Essayeh. “Europe and Morocco are partners, bound by geography, culture, shared interests and history”, she added in a statement to Moroccan […]
Morocco’s steady efforts to promote legal migration and fight all sorts of criminal activities linked to illegal migration have earned it the support and respect in the European continent to an extent that Rabat has become a must-stop capital in all efforts to tackle migration in the Mediterranean. In a recent visit, Finnish Interior Minister […]