Just a couple of weeks after King Mohammed VI and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed over the phone migration-related issues and the repatriation of Moroccan illegal migrants, Morocco’s Interior Minister Mohamed Hassad flew to Berlin to further talks with his German counterpart Thomas de Maizière. After their talks Wednesday, Hassad announced, at a joint press […]
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France shames Algeria over Claims of Diplomatic Tension between Paris and Rabat
France flatly rejected on Saturday claims by the Algerian state-owned new agency APS that diplomatic tension between Paris and Rabat led to the postponement of French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault’s week-end visit to Morocco. “I categorically deny (the claims by APS;) this is not the case. This is a technical postponement that is in no […]
European Parliament Member Deplores Algeria’s Perpetuation of Sahara Conflict
Member of the European Parliament Gilles Pargneaux recently sent a letter to the Algerian Ambassador in Brussels decrying Algeria’s blatant involvement in the perpetuation of the Sahara conflict, Morocco’s national news agency MAP reported on Sunday. Pargneaux, who was criticized by Algeria’s Ambassador for supporting Morocco’s autonomy initiative to end the conflict, deplored that Algeria […]
Morocco’s Autonomy Proposal for Sahara, Best Acceptable Compromise, MEPs
Members of the European Parliament have underscored the soundness of the Morocco-proposed initiative to grant large autonomy to the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty, deeming this initiative as the ”best acceptable compromise” for settling the conflict. Their remarks came in a letter they addressed to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs […]



