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The United States has opposed the choice of former Algerian foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra as UN Special Envoy to crisis-hit neighboring Libya to replace Lebanese Ghassan Salame, who resigned in March. A UN diplomat who asked not be named because not allowed to speak on the matter told AFP that during Wednesday UN closed session […]
Russian company Wagner Group, one of the suppliers of mercenaries to Libya, has worked with Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi, the most prominent son of the late Libyan leader, in an attempt to bring him to power, Bloomberg revealed last week. The US media revealed the connection between the Russian company, known close to Moscow and […]
Talks have started between Morocco and Russia for a new fisheries deal to replace the current agreement that expires this March. The talks will raise the terms for fishing in Morocco’s territorial water and fisheries quota as well as the financial compensations. The two countries signed their first fisheries deal in 1992 with a quota […]
US President Donald Trump has urged Russia to stop supporting the “atrocities” of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the White House announced on Sunday. During a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Trump expressed concern over the violence in Idleb, in northwestern Syria, and expressed the wish to see Russia end its […]
The outbreak of coronavirus in China casts a shadow on its imports as many countries, including Russia, seek alternatives after the virus hit hard economic activity in Wuhan. Moscow may import fruit, vegetable, and seafood products from Morocco or Turkey, replacing imports from China due to coronavirus outbreak, an official said. “Vegetables, fruits and seafood […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed, on Wednesday, the continuing development of relations between his country and Morocco and highlighted the achievements made by the two countries’ cooperation in the political field as well as in the sectors of agriculture and economy. President Putin made the remarks while receiving in the Kremlin Morocco’s new ambassador […]
Egypt and Russia Tuesday agreed to avoid aggravation of the crisis in Libya where the two countries are finger-pointed for supporting retired army commander Khalifa Haftar who has been pushing to seize capital Tripoli from the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reportedly held a telephone conversation with his Russian […]
Russia has reaffirmed Tuesday its willingness to deepen political dialogue with Morocco on the settlement of the Sahara issue. This came in a phone conversation Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. The two men discussed ways to bolster bilateral relations and the upcoming Joint Intergovernmental Commission to be convened […]
Morocco has been invited as an observer to the first Egyptian-Russian drills ‘‘Arrow of Friendship’’ held in Egypt this November. As part of the military cooperation between the kingdom and Egypt, Morocco was represented in these air defense exercises by a senior officer of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), said the website “FAR-Maroc” specialized in […]
Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday said it had suspended three networks of Russian accounts that meddled in the domestic politics of eight African countries. It’s the second massive clean-up in Africa this year. According to Facebook, Russia sponsored almost 200 fake and compromised accounts to target people in Madagascar, Central African Republic, Mozambique, Democratic […]