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A new Morocco-France maritime connection dedicated to refrigerated containers entered into service on March 21, announced the National Ports Agency (ANP). The new line connects the Moroccan southern city of Agadir and Port-Vendres (France) once a week. This new shipping line seeks to replace TIR traffic using the Tangier MED port platform with […]
Morocco decided this Friday to suspend, until further notice, all air and sea connections with France over fears of the coronavirus pandemic, which continues to spread around the world and particularly in the European continent. The decision was discussed between King Mohammed VI and President Emmanuel Macron, as well as between the relevant governmental authorities […]
Two Moroccans, Leila Benjelloun and Noureddine Bensouda, were bestowed the Legion of Honor, France’s highest order of merit. They were presented the distinction by French Ambassador to Morocco, Helene Le Gal, during a ceremony in Rabat this week. The French Ambassador hailed during the ceremony Leila Benjelloun, president of the BMCE Bank Foundation, for […]
More than 1,410 small Moroccan farmers, including 489 women, from all regions of the Kingdom, are exhibiting their livestock, produce, and products at the Paris International Agricultural Show 2020 currently held at the French capital. Moroccan argan oil & products, olive oil, saffron, dates, aromatic & medicinal plants, spices, henna…are attracting huge crowds of visitors […]
Sebia, a French world leading medical firm, opened in Dubai its first office in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Arabia Business reports. Sebia said it has established its distribution and marketing office in Dubai to support distributors in the Middle East, Turkey and Pakistan. Dubai Science Park (DSP) is the choice for the world’s leading […]
Lawyers for Equatorial Guinea told United Nations judges Monday that French authorities illegally seized the central African nation’s embassy in Paris as part of a money laundering investigation on the son of the country’s president. On the first day of hearings, before the International Court of Justice, Malabo’s lawyers insisted the six-storey mansion at 42, […]
French soldiers killed more than 30 Islamist militants in Mali in three separate operations targeting al Qaeda and Islamic State-linked groups. According to France’s armed forces, soldiers of the French Barkhane force killed about 20 militants and destroyed several vehicles in the Gourma region. In the Liptako region, a stronghold of Islamic State, 10 more […]
Moroccan and French senior military officials discussed means to further promote military cooperation notably in terms of the exchange of expertise and training. The visit by French Minister of the Armies Florence Parly to Rabat where she met Minister Delegate responsible for the administration of national defense, Abdellatif Loudyi, as well as with Inspector […]
France will deploy 600 more soldiers in the fight against Islamist militants in the Sahel region, French Defense Minister Florence Parly said. According to Parly, the reinforcements would mostly be sent to the area between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Another part would join the G5 Sahel forces. Forces will be placed under […]
Morocco and France said they are ready to expand their cooperation to new fields such as new technologies and renewable energies building on solid ties and fruitful partnership in industry and services. The remarks were made in a joint statement following talks between visiting French Finance Minister Bruno le Maire and his Moroccan peer Mohamed […]