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Moroccan Panafsat company is planning to deploy a satellite communications system destined for Africa with the support of Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture set by French Thales group and Italian Leonardo corporation. The announcement was made during the meeting held Tuesday in Rabat between Moroccan-French businessmen on the sidelines of the state visit French […]
Morocco picked French firm Veolia to build the largest desalination plant in Africa and the world’s second largest, as the country seeks to address water-stress challenges. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in that connection between Morocco’s interior ministry and Veolia, on the sidelines of the visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco at […]
Moroccan and French businessmen ended a summit, on the sidelines of a visit by the French President to Rabat, with the signing of twenty agreements covering key areas of desalination, finance, banking, water management, and education. Speaking at the closing of the event, President Macron urged the business community in both countries to work together […]
King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid and Princesses Lalla Khadija, Lalla Meryem, Lalla Asmaa and Lalla Hasnaa, hosted on Tuesday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, a dinner banquet in honor of France’s President Emmanuel Macron and his spouse Ms. Brigitte Macron. Members of the official delegation accompanying […]
French President Emmanuel Macron, who is on a three-day state visit to Morocco at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, has reaffirmed Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara. In a speech he delivered this Tuesday before members of the two chambers of the Moroccan Parliament in Rabat, President Macron addressed French-Moroccan historic relations, matters of common […]
Princess Lalla Meryem, President of the National Observatory for Children’s Rights, and France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron launched Tuesday a campaign against cyber-bullying in schools at the Abi Dar Al Ghifari secondary school in Rabat. The campaign, spearheaded by Princess Lalla Meryem, reflects Morocco’s determination to protect children against bullying in school, a global scourge […]
French President Emmanuel Macron held Tuesday in Rabat separate meetings with Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch, Speaker of the House of Representatives Rachid Talbi Alami, and Speaker of the House of Councillors Mohamed Ould Errachid. Mr. Macron, who started Monday a three-day state visit to Rabat at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, held these […]
A bipartisan U.S. Congressional Delegation, led by Republican Representative Doug Lamborn, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, is visiting Morocco to discuss ways of enhancing further cooperation ties between the two countries, friends and longstanding allies. The delegation includes Congressmen from the Financial Services, Procurement, Foreign Affairs, Budget, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce Committees. On […]
Morocco and France signed 22 deals as part of the state visit French President Emmanuel Macron is paying to the Kingdom at the invitation of King Mohammed VI. The deals, signed under the chairmanship of the two heads of State, show that both countries share the same resolve to strengthen a partnership that translates into […]
King Mohammed VI has welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival in Rabat this Monday on a state visit aimed at reshaping the two countries’ strategic partnership and facing up shared challenges. The Monarch was accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid, and Princesses Lalla Khadija and Lalla Meryem when he […]