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Morocco has extended the period of consultation before choosing a winner for its tender to build LNG floating storage and regazification units as part of a push to bolster the share of gas in its energy mix. Gas so far represents 10% of electricity production in the country which set the goal of meeting 52% […]
The wave of young Algerians trying to reach Spain’s shores has been surging over the past few weeks. On Monday, the Government Delegation of the autonomous community of Murcia confirmed that 103 would-be illegal immigrants from Algeria were intercepted over the last 24 hours on the coast of Murcia, in south-eastern Spain. The 87 men, […]
Following the formation of the new Moroccan cabinet, headed by RNI leader Aziz Akhannounch, Paris and Washington wished every success to the new government in the fulfilment of its new mission. In this vein, France expressed on Friday, October 8 its “commitment to continue to deepen the exceptional partnership with Morocco in all areas”, on […]
“Spain looks forward to working with the new Moroccan government to enable the strategic partnership of the two countries take up the shared challenges on the basis of trust, respect and mutual interests”, said on Friday the Spanish foreign ministry. “Morocco is a strategic partner, a neighbor and a friend with whom Spain wants to […]
Spanish has pleaded for defending the fisheries agreement between Morocco and the European Union, saying the deal is a “priority” for Spain. The Spanish official made the remarks following the decision of the EU Court of Justice on the Morocco-EU farm & fisheries deals. “The fisheries agreement is a priority for Spain, because of its […]
The kingdom of Morocco will strive to meet its energy needs if Algeria presses ahead to terminate at the end of this month the gas transit agreement for the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline (GME), Financial Times notes. Algeria and Morocco have seen their ties go further sour in recent weeks with Algiers adopting a string […]
Former Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya will stand before a judge in Zaragoza for her role in violating Spanish and Schengen laws by allowing the entrance of a Polisario leader in secrecy in an attempt to help the Algerian proxy evade Spanish justice. The military officials in charge of allowing flights into the airport […]
Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares will hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita to discuss bilateral relations, regional issues and relations with the European Union, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The announcement was made Tuesday by Spanish news agency EFE. This high-level meeting will be first […]
Spain has refused to host again Polisario Chief Brahim Ghali who is suffering from cancer to avoid a new crisis with Rabat. According to several press reports, the head of the polisario-armed militia has been airlifted from the Ain Naadja military hospital in Algiers to Cuba, where he was admitted to intensive care following the […]
Algeria announced that it will abandon a gas pipeline that supplied Spain via Morocco in a hostile act that followed the severance of diplomatic ties with Rabat. Moroccan officials rely on the pipeline to power two electricity plants in the north, but the decision would do little damage as the Kingdom foresaw the move. […]