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King Mohammed VI of Morocco chaired a third meeting to follow up the implementation of the reconstruction after the earthquake ordering speeding up in implementing a program worth 120 billion dirhams ($12 billion) in the six quake-struck regions. The program will span over a five-year period covering the six provinces affected by the earthquake: Marrakech, […]
King Mohammed VI thanked the heads of state of the UAE, Qatar, Spain, and the UK for the contribution of their rescue teams in the relief efforts after the earthquake. Morocco accepted aid from the four countries following a 7- magnitude earthquake that left around 3000 deaths and destroyed whole villages in the High Atlas […]
King Mohammed VI received a phone call from the President of the United States of America, Joseph R. Biden, on Monday. During the call, the US president expressed his personal condolences, as well as those of the American people and government, to the Sovereign and to the Moroccan people, following the painful earthquake that struck […]
Morocco, whose King Mohammed VI chairs the Al-Quds Committee, condemns the storming of the Al Aqsa Mosque by a group of extremists, a source at the ministry of Foreign Affairs said. These acts of escalation are likely to stir up feelings and undermine appeasement efforts in the occupied Palestinian territories, the same source pointed out. […]
King Mohammed VI has sent messages of thanks and gratitude to the leaders of the British, Qatari, Emirati, and Spanish rescue teams who have assisted with search and rescue efforts in the regions affected by the September 8 earthquake that struck Morocco. In separate messages to National Coordinator of the British International Search and Rescue […]
As rescue and relief efforts continue unabated in the earthquake-hit areas, King Mohammed VI ordered that children who lost their parents to be given status of adoptees of the nation, in a gesture of national solidarity. The earthquake that struck a week ago was the deadliest since 1960 killing nearly 3000 people, destroying villages in […]
King Mohammed VI, part of his strong, personal response to the earthquake that struck Morocco on September 08, has made a financial contribution of MAD 1 billion ($100 million) to the special relief fund for the tremor victims, through Al Mada holding, in which the Sovereign is the main shareholder. At the recommendation of its […]
King Mohammed VI chaired this Thursday September 14, 2023, at the Royal Palace in Rabat, a working meeting devoted to activating the emergency program for rehousing disaster victims and caring for the categories most affected by the Al Haouz earthquake. This meeting follows the working session presided over by the Sovereign on September 9, 2023 […]
King Mohammed VI visited, on Tuesday afternoon, the Mohammed VI University Hospital in Marrakech, where the Sovereign enquired about the condition of the wounded, victims of the painful earthquake that occurred on Friday September 8, and that caused heavy human and material losses in several regions of the Kingdom. The King visited the resuscitation and […]
King Mohammed VI has given his instructions to expeditiously continue field relief efforts and provide care to the victims of the deadly powerful quake that hit Morocco Friday night, killing at least 1,305 people, according to an updated death toll. During a working session chaired Saturday at the Royal Palace in Rabat on the quake […]