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Spain, which is one of Morocco’s key economic & political strategic partners, looks forward to the railway projects launched by the North African Kingdom to meet growing demand. “Morocco has just launched projects to develop its rail network and Spain is ready to contribute to these projects”, said Spanish Transport minister Oscar Puente Santiago following […]
Spain is mulling transferring the management of the airspace of the Sahara territory to Morocco, ending one of the last relics of Spanish colonial rule in the area. Spanish media El Confidentiel and OK Diario reported the news, citing that the decision entails Morocco opening customs with two Spanish-occupied enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Discussions […]
Spanish aeronautical group Aciturri is expanding its presence in Morocco through a new partnership announced Wednesday. Under the new partnership, Aciturri will establish a new manufacturing facility in Midparc, a Moroccan industrial development company, with an estimated investment of $2.4 million (25 million dirhams) planned for equipment in 2024. The agreement, signed in Casablanca in […]
Spain is planning to invest 45 billion euros in Morocco by 2050 in various projects, said Spanish Prime minister Pedro Sanchez at a press conference held Wednesday in Rabat at the end of his working visit to the North African Kingdom. “Spain is a key partner for Morocco with €45 billion investment planned by 2050”, […]
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez welcomed strengthened ties with Morocco at all levels and reiterated his country’s position in support of Morrocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara territory. Sanchez who is making his first visit to Morocco since his re-election recalled that Spain remains consistent in its policy towards the Sahara conflict in line with […]
President of the Spanish Government President Pedro Sánchez reiterated, on Wednesday from Rabat, his country’s position supporting the autonomy plan presented by Morocco in 2007, to resolve the artificial dispute over the Sahara. Speaking at a news conference held at the end of his working visit to the Kingdom, Sánchez reaffirmed the Spanish government’s position […]
King Mohammed VI received, this Wednesday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, the President of the Spanish Government Pedro Sánchez, who reitereated, during the audience, Spain’s support to Moroccan autonomy initiative as the most serious, realistic and credible basis to settle the Sahara dispute. Pedro Sanchez is currently on a working visit to Morocco at […]
King Mohammed VI hosted in Rabat on Wednesday a luncheon in honor of the President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, and his accompanying delegation that included Foreign Affairs Minister José Manuel Albares. Besides the Head of the Moroccan Government, Aziz Akhannouch, who presided over the luncheon, other members of the delegation accompanying Sánchez, Speaker […]
President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, arrived in Morocco on Wednesday, as part of a working and friendship visit to the Kingdom. Sanchez is accompanied by Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, during this visit, his first to the North African Kingdom since his government took office in January. The President of […]
The United States, the United Kingdom and Spain have issued security alerts, warning their citizens residing in or visiting Algeria against any travel to the city of Tindouf or the surrounding Polisario-controlled camps. The travel warnings came amid ongoing demonstrations organized by young Sahrawis in the city and its surroundings against the Polisario and Algerian […]