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Moroccan businessmen will have a preferential treatment to obtain Mauritanian visa, as Mauritania looks to closer economic ties with its northern neighbor Morocco. The Moroccan employers’ federation (CGEM) announced the news saying that its members can submit their membership document to get visa facilities. The news comes as Morocco and Mauritania brace for a new […]
Morocco has decided to teach Jewish history and culture in public primary schools, a move that translates the Kingdom’s multi-dimensional strategy to promote pluralism and tolerance and combat religious extremism. Since the last school year, Moroccan children in the 6th grade of the primary cycle have gotten to know their fellow citizens of the […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco and President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani of Mauritania have voiced their shared resolve to consolidate cooperation between the two neighboring countries, to broaden the prospects of this cooperation and expand its scope. This came at a phone call that King Mohammed VI had this Friday with President of […]
Jordan plans to open a consulate in Laayoune, the largest city in the Moroccan Sahara, amid a growing support for Morocco at the Arab and African levels. The decision was announced by King Abdullah II of Jordan during phone talks with King Mohammed VI Thursday, the Moroccan Royal Office said in a statement. […]
The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, has welcomed the decisions taken by King Mohammed VI to restore the situation in the region of Guerguarat in the Moroccan Sahara and hailed the positive results of these decisions which allowed to reopen the crossing point between Morocco and Mauritania and restore the safe movement […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco held a phone conversation with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the situation in Guerguerat, where the Moroccan army ended a three-week blockade of international traffic by the Polisario militias. During the talks, King Mohammed VI said that Morocco took its responsibility in line with its legitimate right after the […]
Morocco is about to draw a roadmap for the exploration of marine current energy, announced the Minister of Energy. A specialized commission, including representatives of the energy and mining departments, the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN), the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), and the Solar Energy and New Energies Research Institute […]
Morocco will launch, in the coming weeks, a massive vaccination operation against Covid-19 to end the acute phase of the pandemic. This unprecedented nationwide operation aims to provide the population with a vaccine as an appropriate immunization means against the virus and controlling its spread, said the Royal Office in a statement issued after […]
King Mohammed VI has underlined the growing international support to Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the Sahara for a lasting resolution of this regional conflict. “Moroccan Autonomy Initiative… is backed by the Security Council and the influential powers as the sole normal course of action for the settlement of this dispute”, said the Monarch in […]
King Mohammed VI expressed firm commitment to make the Sahara an engine of development at the regional and continental levels through, inter alia, tapping into its maritime potential. In this respect, “Morocco has this year completed the demarcation of its maritime boundaries and incorporated them into its legislation, in keeping with international law,” said the […]