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The Istiqlal Party on Wednesday handed over to King Mohammed VI a memorandum expounding the reasons behind the decision it made last May to withdraw from the coalition government led by the Islamist PJD (Party for Justice and Development). The audience granted by the sovereign to the Istiqlal Party’s Secretary General Hamid Chabat is placed […]
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton has described Morocco as “a key partner of the European Union” and hailed the constructive role played by the North African nation on the international scene “to resolve instability in the Sahel and in Syria”. Ashton, who met lately in Brussels with Moroccan […]
As a process of tightening the bilateral relationship between Turkey and North African countries, and more precisely the Maghreb region, the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is currently on a visit from June 3rd to June 6th to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Erdoğan plans to meet the heads of state or heads of government […]
At a time cyber attacks and cyber-spying are making the headlines almost every day and at a time cyber theft is rampant, France and Morocco have agreed to bolster their cooperation in cyber security matters and to enhance the capacity of national authorities in charge of information systems security. The broad lines of this enhanced […]
Egypt is considering a U-turn to international bond markets a few days after Morocco capitalized on cheap borrowing costs to reopen old bonds and raise $750 million. Its return will be the first time since the end of the revolution, after the new law allowing the country to issue Islamic-compliant bonds for the first time. […]
Security issues and fight against terrorism were at the center of a phone conversation earlier this week between US President Barack Obama and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI. “The two leaders discussed the importance of continuing to deepen our bilateral cooperation, especially on regional security matters of mutual concern,” said a press release issued by the […]
Mauritania and its northern neighbor, Morocco, have inked several cooperation agreements meant to give a new momentum to their partnership in various sectors of common interest. The two countries, members of Arab Maghreb Union gathering also Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, have agreed to bolster joint actions and projects in the fields of transport, energy & […]
Sanofi-Aventis pharmaceutical group has opened a state-of-art logistics hub in Casablanca, Morocco, giving a new impetus to the thriving pharmaceutical industry in the North African nation. The facility, built over a 12,000-sq/m2 zone, cost the Paris-based company an investment of 20 million euros. It will handle 1,300 products destined for local market and for export […]
The situation in Mali, the fight against terrorism and the strengthening of trans-border security are on top of the agenda of the 5+5 Dialogue meeting convening in Nouakchott Tuesday. The Foreign Ministers of the countries forming this informal sub-regional body that brings together 5 Western Mediterranean countries (France, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain) and their North […]
The United States and Morocco are to hold later this month a joint multi-lateral exercise dubbed “Exercise African Lion-13” that will involve more than 1,400 U.S. service members and approximately 900 members of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces, announced the US Africa Command (Africom). The two countries’ servicemen will conduct military-to-military engagements in various exercises […]