Tag: Morocco

  • Russia condemns US recognition of Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara

    Russia on Friday condemned US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, saying it contravened international law. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov called the US decision “unilateral,” Russian news …

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    Tags : Morocco, Western Sahara, Russia, Normalization, 

  • Trump claims Israel-Morocco deal brings peace, but in reality it could spark war

    President Donald Trump is touting his latest diplomatic coup — the partial normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel— as yet another achievement for peace and U.S. interests in the Middle East and Africa. But as is so often the case with Trump, his characterization bears little relationship with reality. In fact, this supposed peace deal has ruptured decades of U.S. foreign policy in North Africa, and it sets the stage for more violent conflict, not less.

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    Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Israel, Donald Trump,

  • SOLIDARITY WITH THE MINERS OF TOUISSIT (MOROCCO) WHO OCCUPY THEIR MINE!

    According to Aziz Rebbah, Minister of Energy, Mines and Environment of Morocco, « the mining sector is a pillar of the economic and social development of the country ». Economic development may be, but socially development certainly not. Working conditions in mines …

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    Tags : Morocco, Touissit miners,

  • Mauritania, Morocco Discuss Military Cooperation

    The joint Mauritania-Morocco military commission held Monday, in Nouakchott, its second meeting to strengthen cooperation between both countries in the military and security field. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Chief of…

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    Tags : Mauritania, Morocco, Military cooperation,

  • "As a cultivation country, Morocco's become a formidable Spanish and Turkish opponent"

    In recent years, Morocco has invested massively in developing its agricultural and horticultural sectors. These small-scale farmers used to sell their products on the local market. Now, they’ve evolved into professional companies that focus on markets such as Europe and Russia. So, Morocco has become a formidable competitor for countries like Spain and Turkey. And the growth continues. Lyna is a Belgian company. It’s been importing and exporting Moroccan and Belgian fruit and vegetables since 2019.

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    Tags : Morocco, agriculture, 

  • Spain calls on Morocco to explain comments on disputed enclaves

    Spain has summoned the Moroccan ambassador to explain comments by its prime minister over the Spanish north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, which are claimed by Rabat. The spat comes at a sensitive time in relations between the two countries, in particular over the Western Sahara region, a former Spanish colony claimed by Morocco. US President Donald Trump earlier this month fulfilled a decades-old goal of Morocco by backing its contested sovereignty over the region.

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    Tags : Morocco, Spain, Ceuta, Melilla,

  • Morocco announces three-week covid-19 curfew

    The Moroccan government announced a nationwide curfew and other restrictive measures on Monday, as it seeks to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The curfew will be in place between the hours of 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) and 6:00 am and the new measures — also including a ban on parties and public gatherings — will all kick in for a three-week period from Wednesday, the government said in a statement reported by the official MAP news agency.

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    Tags : Morocco, coronavirus, covid 19, curfew,

  • Israeli envoys fly to Morocco to see king, firm up U.S.-brokered ties

    Israel sent envoys to Morocco on Tuesday to meet its king and hammer out an upgrade of ties that was forged by the White House in a parting foreign-policy push by U.S. President Donald Trump. Led by National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, the delegates were accompanied to Rabat by Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and architect of pan-Arab rapprochements with Israel. They took El Al Israel Airlines in the first direct flight by a commercial plane from Tel Aviv to Rabat, opening the way for a possible surge in tourism among the hundreds of thousands of Israelis of Moroccan descent.

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    Tags : Morocco, Israel, normalization,

  • Israeli delegation heads to Morocco in 1st direct flight

    JERUSALEM, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) — An official Israeli delegation departed from Israel to Morocco on Tuesday, in a first direct flight since the two countries agreed to normalize ties. The El Al flight took off from the Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv and will land in Rabat, a government spokesman told Xinhua. The Israeli group is headed by Israel’s National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat and was joined by Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior advisor.

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    Tags : Morocco, Israel, normalization,

  • Morocco, Israel, Western Sahara, West Bank – Israel Policy …

    Host Evan Gottesman speaks with Einat Levi, a researcher at the Israeli think tank Mitvim who specializes in Israel-Morocco relations, about the history of Israel’s ties with Rabat, the new normalization agreement…

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    Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Israel, West Bank,