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Morocco has just hit two birds with one stone after a watershed deal with the US and Israel according to which Washington acknowledges Morocco’s sovereignty over its southern provinces and Rabat and Tel Aviv reopen their liaison offices. In a Presidential proclamation with immediate effect, the US announced an upcoming opening of a consulate in […]
The United States has decided to open a General Consulate in the Southern Moroccan city of Dakhla. This highly significant diplomatic move by a world super-power supports Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, dealing a hard blow to the polisario separatists and their Algerian supporters. The decision was announced by US president Donald Trump in a […]
In a historical move, US President Donald Trump has recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and announced to King Mohammed VI the opening of a US consulate in Dakhla. President Trump informed King Mohammed VI during a phone talk this Thursday of “the promulgation of a presidential decree, with what this act entails as undeniable […]
The United States Thursday laid the foundation stone of a new consulate general premises in the city of Casablanca, in Morocco. The groundbreaking of the new US Consulate General campus in Casablanca is the latest demonstration of the “enduring friendship and strategic partnership” between the US and the Kingdom of Morocco, the US Department […]
The US has given approval for Boeing 737 MAX to fly again and Morocco’s airlines RAM expects to operate the aircraft in 2021. Medias 24 reported that RAM is waiting for the go-ahead of Morocco’s aviation authority and that of the European Aviation Safety Agency. RAM has grounded two Boeing 737 MAX for 20 months […]
The victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 US presidential election has prompted a deep concern within the Polisario top leadership due to the “close and excellent ties” existing between Morocco and the US democrat party, according to a Spanish-speaking website close to the Algeria-backed separatist group. It is “under the Obama administration that […]
The United States is considering the acquisition of a property in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, for the return of US full mission capacity to the North African country. The announcement came during a meeting between US diplomat to Libya Richard Norland and Mohammed Sayala, the Foreign Minister of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA). […]
France expressed, on Friday, its concern about “the current obstruction situation” caused by the Polisario and its militias in the buffer zone of Guerguarat, warning that such a situation is likely to create tensions that would undermine the political process aimed at reaching a final solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. “France […]
Following the dissemination of the declassified part of the emails of Hillary Clinton, the former US Secretary of State, a large controversy invades the African countries concerned, including Libya. The content of emails deleted by Hillary Clinton in 2016 concerns the origin of the 2011 revolution, at the time of the Arab Spring, visibly […]
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker is expected in Morocco in the few coming days for talks with Moroccan officials on ways of enhancing economic and security cooperation ties between the two countries within the frame of their strategic partnership. The announcement was made this Monday by the US […]