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Morocco and Cuba have decided to resume their diplomatic relations severed in 1980. A memorandum of understanding was signed Friday in New York by the two countries’ ambassadors to the United Nations. The resumption of Moroccan-Cuban relations, which opens new Read more
Paris, Madrid and Washington have commended this weekend Morocco’s unilateral pullout from the Guerguarat region, saying the move will help de-escalate tension and maintain stability in the region. The Moroccan decision is an “important step for appeasement, taking into account Read more
The list of African countries dumping the Polisario (armed, funded and harbored by Algeria), keeps growing. The latest of these countries is Zambia which has confirmed lately the withdrawal of its recognition of the self-proclaimed so-called Sahrawi republic (SADR). The Read more
The government and people of Ghana have reserved a red carpet welcome to King Mohammed VI of Morocco who arrived Thursday in the west-African country, first stop of a new royal tour destined to keep momentum of inter-African cooperation. On Read more
The European Union and Morocco issued a joint statement giving reassurances about the implementation of the agricultural agreement, in response to a strong worded statement by Morocco’s Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry warning of serious repercussions on bilateral ties if the Read more
The Moroccan government called Monday on the European Commission and the European Council to assume their responsibility to ensure the implementation of the farm deal sealed between Rabat and Brussels within the frame of a broader strategic partnership. A press Read more
As expected, Morocco has regained its seat at the African Union, after an overwhelming majority of African countries okayed the Moroccan bid to rejoin the pan-African organization after 33 years of absence. The return, officially enacted Monday during the first Read more
Moroccan and European Union officials have welcomed the ruling announced this Wednesday by the European court, which rejected the appeal lodged by the Algeria-backed Polisario separatists, challenging the EU-Morocco agriculture accord. Last April, the European court cancelled its former verdict Read more
Algerian and UN veteran diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi has urged both his country and Morocco to leave the Western Sahara issue aside and work to reopen their land borders and normalize commercial activities through the borders for the benefit of the Read more
Nine countries showed support for Morocco’s territorial integrity by withdrawing from the Arab-African summit held in Equatorial Guinea’s capital Malabo in protest over the presence of the flag of the Polisario separatists. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Read more