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Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), equivalent of U.S. FBI, announced on Tuesday the dismantling, in cooperation with Spanish security services, of a terrorist cell operating in Nador and Melilla. Two men, aged 34 and 39, were nabbed in the Moroccan Northeastern city of Nador and nine others were captured in Spanish enclave Melilla […]
MEP Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero on Monday blasted “the repeated violation” by Algeria of its trade commitments to Spain and the European Union, calling this attitude “unacceptable.” “‘It is clear that we have a trade problem with Algeria. And not only Spain,” tweeted the Spanish MEP of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats at the European […]
The Sahrawi Movement for Peace, created in April 2020, as a political movement and as an alternative to the polisario front, is advocating the reunification of the Sahrawis and the quest for a peaceful solution to the Sahara conflict through a Sahrawi-Sahrawi dialogue. This is the purpose of the first international conference for Peace and […]
Former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco, Edward Gabriel, on Thursday, called on the UN Security Council to move towards a lasting political solution to the Sahara issue based on the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco. “Morocco submitted in 2007 a proposal that was accredited as serious, credible and realistic by the UN Security Council, which is […]
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, welcomed, the “intense” strategic partnership between Spain and Morocco which reflects “a new stage” based on “transparency, permanent communication and mutual respect.” “We have an intense bilateral program covering all aspects of our bilateral relationship, based on transparency, permanent communication and mutual respect. These are the […]
Security cooperation between Morocco and Spain and ways to upgrade this cooperation up to the strategic partnership existing between the two countries were reviewed at a meeting held in Rabat this Thursday. The meeting gathered Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and Secretary of State and Head of the National Intelligence […]
A large delegation of Spanish business operators on Monday visited several completed and ongoing projects in the Moroccan Southern city of Dakhla to explore the investment opportunities offered by this region. On this occasion, the economic actors and business leaders said they were “impressed” by the investment opportunities and the quality of infrastructure in Dakhla, […]
Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares reaffirmed that his country has a “very solid relationship” with Morocco. “We have a very solid relationship with Morocco that benefits Spain,” said the head of Spanish diplomacy Thursday at a press briefing in Seville with his Portuguese counterpart, Joao Cravinho. The dynamic that is developing with […]
The UN Office of Counter Terrorism through its Program Office in Rabat for Counter-Terrorism and Training in Africa launched on Monday its 2nd specialized training session on counter-terrorism investigation skills. Twenty-four law enforcement agents from Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal are taking part in the training to last till Sept.23. The training […]
María Antonia Trujillo, former Spanish housing minister, urged her country to review its position on the two enclaves in northern Morocco Ceuta and Melilla whom she described as “relics” of colonialism and an “offense to Morocco’s territorial integrity.” Speaking at a seminar held by University Abdelmalek Essaadi in Tetuan, Trujillo said her country should reconsider […]