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The United States has pledged to help Morocco protect its cultural heritage from smuggling and step up the strategic partnership sealed between the two countries. An agreement was inked on Thursday in this regard by American ambassador to Morocco David T. Fischer and minister of Culture Othmane El Ferdaous while US Assistant Secretary of State […]
At the high instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the FAR, the Morocco-US Defense Consultative Committee (DCC) convened its 11th session this Tuesday at the headquarters of the National Defense Administration. The session was co-chaired by Morocco’s Minister Delegate for National Defense Administration, Abdellatif Loudyi, and US […]
The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) will open a branch in the city of Dakhla which will serve as a platform for all its operations towards the African continent. This initiative confirms Dakhla’s vocation as a link between North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa and a major economic hub, as planned in the development model […]
US ambassador to Rabat David Fischer and US Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker will go down in history as the first US officials to visit the Moroccan southern provinces in implementation of the landmark proclamation of President Trump. “Last month, president Trump acknowledged the inevitable and stated the obvious: The Sahara is Moroccan and […]
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker, who is currently visiting the Moroccan Sahara, held talks Sunday in Dakhla with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita that covered bilateral relations as well as a set of regional issues, such as the situation in Libya and in the Sahel. At a press […]
An American delegation, led by David Schenker, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, visited this Sunday the premises to host the US general consulate in the Saharan city of Dakhla. David Schenker was accompanied by the US ambassador in Rabat, David Fischer. The American delegation inspected the premises of the US consulate to […]
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, David Schenker, arrived this Saturday morning, January 9 in Laayoune, capital of the Moroccan Sahara, before flying Sunday to Dakhla for kickstarting the process of establishing a US consulate in the Saharan city. Shortly after arrival, the US official toured the city’s diplomatic district which […]
The United States will inaugurate its consulate in the Saharan Moroccan city of Dakhla on January 10. The opening of the US consular mission comes nearly one month after Washington recognized Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Sahara territory. On this occasion, the US will also open an office destined to boost regional investment. These […]
After the US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara and while the USA is readying to open a consulate in Dakhla, the complete undivided map of Morocco is officially adopted by several American administrations and agencies. Thus, after the US administration, US embassies, and the Pentagon, the CIA has also updated the Kingdom’s […]
The US Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker reiterated while on a visit to Algiers Washington’s support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. Schenker said at a press conference following talks with Algeria’s Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum that political dialogue on the basis of Morocco’s autonomy initiative is the only solution to the dispute. The […]