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French President Emmanuel Macron is expected this Thursday in Morocco, where he will attend the inauguration by King Mohammed VI of the Tangier-Casablanca high-speed train, the first in Africa. The French President will be accompanied by the business leaders who participated in the implementation of the TGV project. King Mohammed VI and the French head […]
The attendance of King Mohammed VI of the 100th anniversary of the Armistice Day in Paris is another facet of the enduring ties of friendship between Morocco and France and a tribute to the Moroccan soldiers who have fallen at World War I in Europe and elsewhere defending the cause of Freedom. Through his participation […]
King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, attended Sunday in Paris the commemoration ceremony of the centenary of the Armistice of World War I signed on November 11, 1918, a participation that stands out as a token of the friendship that has been binding Morocco and France for several centuries. The Sovereign’s […]
King Mohammed VI flew Thursday to Paris where he is expected to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. According to Le360 e-journal, during his few-day visit, King Mohammed VI will meet French President Emmanuel Macron and will take part in the first Paris Peace Forum, scheduled for November 11 to 13 in the French capital. The […]
Morocco’s high-speed train, the first of its kind in Africa, will be inaugurated on Nov.15th in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, according to Reuters news agency which cited the French Presidency. Some Moroccan local media also reported the news. This landmark project in the Moroccan-French relations […]
Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his French peer Jean-Yves Le Drian held their first ever meeting in Paris, an opportunity to celebrate the longstanding ties of win-win partnership and cooperation between the two countries. The meeting between the two ministers was held in Le Château de La Celle-Saint-Cloud where in November 1955, the agreements […]
Morocco agreed to return to France its national Thomas Gallay who was convicted by a Moroccan court for connections with a terrorist network, the Justice Ministry said. The ministry explained in a statement that this extradition comes in response to a request by President Emmanuel Macron, adding that the convict will spend the remaining of […]
Morocco’s BCP bank started talks with French BCPE bank to buy major stakes in four of its African banks. BCP said in a statement it aims at acquiring BPCE’s controlling stakes in Cameroon, Madagascar, Congo and Tunisia. The French bank owns 68.5% of Banque Internationale du Cameroun pour l’Épargne et le Crédit (BICEC); 71% of […]
Novares, a global plastic solutions provider, has opened its first production plant in North Africa, in the Moroccan city of Kenitra. The plant will supply the newly-opened PSA facility in Kenitra and Renault plant in Tangier. This new 10700 m² facility, equipped with a painting zone with a clean room and a clear coat application […]
President Emmanuel Macron of France announced Monday that a summit on the Mediterranean will be held in “the early summer of 2019” in Marseille, south-eastern France, to “find the thread of a Mediterranean policy.” “Ten years after the Union for the Mediterranean, we must find the thread of a Mediterranean policy,” said the president during […]