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A delegation from MEDEF International, the international arm of France’s main employers’ federation, has been conducting a prospecting mission in Morocco, holding working sessions with Moroccan government officials and members of the General Confederation of Employers (CGEM). The visit targeted several strategic sectors, with agriculture and energy at the forefront, reflecting the momentum built since […]
A delegation from Morocco’s Conseil Supérieur de l’Éducation, de la Formation et de la Recherche Scientifique conducted a working visit to Paris last week as part of the institution’s ongoing partnership with France’s Conseil d’Évaluation de l’École. The visit marked a new stage in the institutional relationship between the two bodies, focusing on consolidating past […]
King Mohammed VI has been represented at the funeral of Bernadette Chirac by his sister Princess Lalla Meryem. Upon her arrival at the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde where the funeral service was held on Friday, Princess Lalla Meriem was greeted by Claude Chirac, daughter of the deceased, before taking her seat inside the church alongside France’s […]
A meeting meant to relaunch strained ties between France and Algeria has instead laid bare Algiers’ weakened diplomatic position, with the spying controversy surrounding a senior Algerian intelligence chief casting a long shadow over the talks. Earlier this month, discussions in Paris, led by French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez and his Algerian counterpart Saïd Sayoud, […]
Algeria’s latest diplomatic retreat in its standoff with France appears to confirm a pattern identified according to which Algiers confrontational strategy- aimed at forcing Western powers to support separatism in the Sahara territory- repeatedly ends in concessions without gains. Algeria had escalated tensions with Paris after France officially recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory. […]
A major blow has been dealt to cross-border drug trafficking networks. On Sunday, May 24, 2026, French law enforcement authorities intercepted a massive shipment of 2,692 kilograms of narcotics, primarily cannabis resin, and arrested two key members of the criminal network. This logistical and judicial success was made possible through high-level police cooperation between Morocco […]
Morocco and France plan to strengthen their relations with the signing of an unprecedented treaty, which will take place during an upcoming visit by King Mohammed VI to France. The news was announced by Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita and his French counterpart Jean-Noël Barrot after talks in Rabat. The treaty would be the first […]
France reiterated that the “present and future of the Sahara lie within the framework of Moroccan sovereignty” and outlined the precise measures to apply this decision. This position was expressed on Wedneday in Rabat by French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot in a joint press briefing following his talks with his Moroccan peer Nasser […]
French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin arrived in Algiers on Monday, becoming the third French minister to visit the country in three months, in the clearest sign yet of a thaw in relations after a prolonged diplomatic crisis triggered by Algeria after Paris expressed its outright support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory and for […]
The Algerian regime and its Polisario puppets have suffered another diplomatic setback after Kenya refused the participation of the separatist group in the France-Africa Summit taking place in Nairobi May 11-12. According to diplomatic sources, the Kenyan authorities have not invited the Polisario to the Summit after endorsing Morocco’s Autonomy plan under the Kingdom’s sovereignty […]