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Due to the evolution of the epidemiological situation in the United Kingdom and the emergence of a new strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Moroccan government has decided to suspend flights to and from the United Kingdom, starting from the night of Sunday, December 20. Pursuant to the Government’s decision, Morocco’s flag carrier Royal Air Maroc […]
Morocco has secured £217,000 from the United Kingdom, UK, for the implementation of several education reforms for quality education. The financial support will back the World Bank’s project Cut “Learning Poverty” by at Least Half by 2030, to which the North African country has subscribed. Learning Poverty according to the WB is described as the […]
Four European countries, namely France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom have warned against obstructing the Libyan political Dialogue. In a joint statement issued Monday, the four countries said they are “ready to take measures against those who obstruct the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum and other tracks of the Berlin process, as well as those […]
Morocco and the UK have reviewed Thursday in Rabat regional security situation, particularly in the Mediterranean area and the Sahel-Sahara region, as well as their cooperation in the area of cyber-security and cyber-defense. This came at the separate meetings visiting British Minister of Armed Forces, James Heappey, held with Minister Delegate for National Defense Administration […]
As it prepares to host COP26 in Glasgow in 2021, the UK reached out to Morocco, host of COP22, which it described as a climate leader. The remarks were made by COP26 President and the British Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, Alok Sharma, at a video teleconference with Morocco’s Energy Minister […]
The National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) has selected UK company Biwater to design and construct a new wastewater treatment plant in the southern coastal town of Tarfaya. Biwater has carried similar projects in other Moroccan cities, including Tamuda Bay, Khenifra, Aourir and Boukhalef. The new project “is part of the country’s efforts […]
Two leading British politicians have reconfirmed the direct involvement of the Algerian regime in the continuing regional conflict over the Moroccan Sahara through its strong and steadfast backing to the polisario separatist movement. Algeria created the polisario and continues to support it politically, financially and militarily, said members of the UK ruling conservative party, Mark […]
Morocco’s national airline, Royal Air Maroc, and British Airways have sealed a code-share agreement on the Casablanca-Agadir-London routes operated by the two companies. The deal offers more choices to passengers travelling to London and Marrakesh, says the Moroccan flag-carrier in a press release. Codeshare flights take off on February 20, with RAM due to join […]
The United Kingdom has named Simon Martin new ambassador to Morocco in replacement of Thomas Reilly. The new envoy is to take office in September 2020, says the Foreign Office. Prior to his new diplomatic assignment in Morocco, Simon Martin served as Ambassador to Manama from 2015 to 2019. He worked at Clarence House […]
The Morocco-United Kingdom business dialogue held Tuesday in London has attracted more than 340 companies from the two countries, which are exploring new cooperation prospects as the UK is on the eve of leaving the European Union by the end of January. The Moroccan delegation, led by Junior Foreign Minister Mohcine Jazouli, presented the main […]