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France is moving in the direction of recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara provinces, former French ambassador to Algiers Xavier Driencourt said. “We are getting closer to Morocco. And what will happen on the Algerian side? From my point of view, there are two possibilities: either we fall out again with the Algerians, especially if […]
Paris is looking forward to learning from Morocco’s extensive Imam training experience as it plans to stop hiring religious preachers from abroad, French interior minister Gerald Darmanin said. Darmanin visited Rabat on April 22 and met both interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit and Morocco’s religious affairs minister Ahmed Taoufiq. Following talks with Taoufiq, Darmanin said “the […]
French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, has commended, Monday in Rabat, the excellent security cooperation between France and Morocco. Cooperation between France and Morocco in the field of security is excellent, with many common stakes, including the fight against drugs, terrorist networks, and crime, said Darmanin at a press briefing following talks with his […]
Moroccan-French cooperation in taking up the challenges of security and terrorist threats as well as Morocco’s operational and logistical support to France as part of the preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games were reviewed at a meeting between the two countries’ Interior Ministers held in Rabat this Monday. The Moroccan and French Ministers of […]
Burkina Faso has declared three French diplomats as “persona non grata”, accusing them of being involved in “subversive activities”, and ordered them to leave the country within 48 hours, the Foreign Ministry in Ouagadougou said in a note dated Tuesday (16 April). According to the note that was sent to the French embassy in Burkina […]
France is gradually tilting towards an outright recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory where it said Paris is ready to back Morocco’s investments. The position to back Morocco’s economic projects in the Sahara was first expressed by French foreign minister Stephane Séjourné in February and reiterated this month by French minister in charge […]
France and Morocco are making progress in implementing their “ambitious” joint roadmap, deputy spokesperson for the French Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. Talks between the French Foreign Minister, Stéphane Séjourné, and his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, which took place in Paris on Tuesday, have “enabled us to make further progress in implementing the political agenda […]
Morocco’s foreign minister discussed bilateral cooperation with his French peer Stephane Séjourné in Paris, two months after they met in Rabat. “The momentum ushered by my recent visit to Morocco is continuing today with a working session with my counterpart, Nasser Bourita. Relations between France and Morocco are unique,” Séjourné said in a tweet. […]
Senegal will conduct a comprehensive audit of the oil, gas and mining sectors, according to the newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who, however, also thought to reassure jittery investors they were welcome in the country. The audit is one of the first policy moves announced by the 44-year-old former tax inspector who stated that […]
French minister in charge of foreign trade, Franck Riester, said his country “welcomes” and is “ready” to finance Morocco’s investments in the Sahara territory. His statement echoes that of French foreign minister who broke the ice in Rabat saying France welcomed the development effort led by Morocco in its southern provinces and is ready to […]