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Newly appointed Morocco’s ambassador to the United States, Youssef Amrani, was received Tuesday at the State Department in Washington by the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf. During this first working meeting, the two officials welcomed the excellent centuries-old and multifaceted relations between Morocco and the United States and discussed means […]
Morocco on Tuesday condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on a post at the Jordanian-Syrian borders, which killed three US soldiers and injured several others. Morocco rejects and condemns all terrorist attacks, whatever their origin and instigator, which would threaten the security and stability of the brotherly Kingdom of Jordan, Minister of Foreign […]
US President Joe Biden has nominated diplomat Jennifer D. Gavito as the country’s future envoy to Libya to replace incumbent Richard Norland under scrutiny in recent weeks over his pressure on Libyan parties to accept UN envoy Abdoulaye Bathily’s initiative for a quintet dialogue to agree on holding elections. Biden announced his intent to nominate […]
The US is clearly blaming Algeria for perpetuating the Sahara conflict by hampering UN efforts to reach a mutually acceptable political solution based on compromise, in line with Security Council resolutions which since 2007 have been describing Morocco’s autonomy plan as serious and credible. This was the summary of an interview with Deputy Assistant Secretary […]
The United States has dealt a hard blow to the Polisario separatist group and the Algerian regime after they tried to exploit the recent visit paid by U.S. ambassador to Algeria Elizabeth Moore Aubin to Tindouf Camps for their proper agenda, making it clear that “there was no bilateral engagement with the Polisario” during this […]
U.S. Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Todd D. Robinson travels this week to Morocco and Algeria to discuss key initiatives and to advance shared interests of security, stability, and economic prosperity. During his North-African trip (Nov.12–21), Mr. Robinson will engage with security, justice, and law enforcement […]
The US President Joe Biden endorsed the extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) upon its expiry in September 2025. “I strongly support re-authorization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act — a landmark, bipartisan law that has formed a bedrock for US trade with sub-Saharan Africa for more than two decades,” said […]
Several influential U.S. Senators and members of the House of Representatives have called on the U.S. Department of Commerce to reduce duty on imports of phosphate fertilizers from Morocco, saying the imposed tariffs have pushed global prices upward affecting U.S. farmers. The call comes after U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled lately that Commerce […]
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has praised King Mohammed VI’s commitment to peace and security in the Middle East. During a phone call Wednesday with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, the U.S. top diplomat also welcomed continued “close” cooperation between Morocco and the United States, according to a press release issued Thursday by the State […]
The efforts being made to help schoolchildren in the regions of Morocco affected by the September 8 earthquake are “very impressive”, stressed, on Tuesday in Marrakech, US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet L. Yellen. These efforts testify to the importance attached by the Kingdom to the education sector and the major role it plays in […]