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King of Morocco, King of Bahrain Hold Talks in Rabat

King Mohammed VI and King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa held talks in Rabat Thursday. King Hamad is on a private visit to Morocco, reports MAP, without disclosing the contents of talks. On Wednesday, Bahraini Foreign minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa held a meeting in Rabat with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. He […]

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Equato-Guinean President Sends Message to King Mohammed VI

Equatorial Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs Simeón Oyono Esono Angue is currently visiting Morocco, carrying a message from President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo to King Mohammed VI. “I am carrying a message from H.E. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo to H.M. King Mohammed VI,” the Foreign Minister told the media after talks with his Moroccan peer Nasser […]

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King Mohammed VI, French President Underline Morocco’s Efforts to Resolve Libyan Crisis

King Mohammed VI received Saturday a phone call from French President Emmannuel Macron during which Morocco’s key role in brokering the Skhirate agreement between the Libyan warring factions was underlined.   During the phone talk, which took place on the eve of Berlin talks on Libya, Morocco’s steady efforts to reach a settlement of the […]

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Essaouira Consecrated as City of Arts & Culture

The Atlantic city of Essaouira was consecrated Friday as the city of Arts, Culture and Handicraft as King Mohammed VI launched there the establishment of a City of Arts & Culture and inaugurated an integrated crafts complex. These two projects translate the King’s firm will to preserve the artistic and cultural heritage of Essaouira, a […]

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King Mohammed VI Hands Awards to Top Laureates of 2018-2019 Literacy Program

King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, on Friday handed over to six top laureates of the 2018-2019 literacy program the Mohammed VI Prize.   The ceremony took place after the Friday prayer at the Lalla Amina Mosque in the Atlantic city of Essaouira. The prize winners are, in the women’s category, Naima Amine (Beni […]

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King Mohammed VI Gives Substance to National Water Plan

Few days after announcing a €10.8 billion (115.4 billion MAD) national plan to meet Morocco’s increasing water needs over the next seven year, King Mohammed VI inaugurated a dam near Essaouira worth about €87 million (920 million dirhams). Built on Oued Ksoub, Moulay Abderrahmane dam, with a 65 million m3 capacity, will secure drinking water […]

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King Mohammed VI, President Kaïs Saïed Agree to Exchange Visits shortly

King Mohammed VI had Thursday a phone conversation with the newly elected President of Tunisia Kaïs Saïed during which they agreed to exchange visits, says the Royal Office in a communiqué.   The phone call, at the initiative of the Moroccan Monarch, provided an opportunity “to underline the strong historical relations binding the two brotherly […]

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Rural World Integrated Development, New Concrete Steps to Materialize King’s vision

New concrete steps were made this Thursday to materialize the royal vision of a sustainable and integrated development of the rural world, through the launch of hydraulic, hydro-agricultural and drinking water projects in the province of Essaouira.   King Mohammed VI, who started Wednesday a visit to Essaouira, has thus chaired the inauguration of the […]

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Essaouira, a Symbol of Morocco’s Diversity, Cultural Plurality & Richness – UNESCO DG

The Atlantic city of Essaouira is a standing symbol of Morocco’s diversity and of the plurality of its cultures that make up its richness, said Director General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, who was present during the visit King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, paid Wednesday to “Bayt Dakira”, in the city’s medina. The Sovereign’s […]

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King Mohammed VI Honors Essaouira, Haven of Muslim-Jewish Coexistence

King Mohammed VI on Wednesday visited Essaouira where he oversaw a facelift of the city’s historical center called Medina and celebrated its centuries-old history of Jewish-Muslim coexistence. Rehabilitation The King was briefed during his visit to Essaouira about a facelift program worth 300 million dollars to develop the historical part of the city and boost […]