The European Union has distributed €169 million of the COVID-19 support package for Morocco, the European Commission announced on Wednesday. The step is meant to help the country «beef up the medical response to the coronavirus pandemic and put in place measures to mitigate its socio-economic impact». «Today's disbursement shows that the European Union stands by Morocco in its efforts to curb the pandemic, protect poor families and to get its economy back on its feet.
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that the Moroccan authorities intend to purchase soon part of the amount purchased under the PLL arrangement. «Directors noted that the decision to draw on the Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL) arrangement in April 2020 has helped ease external financing pressures and to maintain official reserves at an adequate level», IMF wrote in a statement. To the agency, «this may make post-program
While it never stopped denouncing normalization with Israel, the PJD saw itself playing the leading role in this agreement. How will the signing of the agreement by Saadeddine El Othmani be perceived by members of the Islamist party ?
The Mauritanian army announced on Tuesday an exchange of fire with the Moroccan army on the northern border of Mauritania. In a press release, relayed by the private news agency Al Akhbar, the Mauritanian army explained that one of its patrols came under fire on Tuesday, while pursuing a group of traffickers in the border area near Inal, in northern Mauritania. It added that it «immediately opened an investigation to determine the source» of the shots, which did not cause any
On Tuesday, Saadeddine El Othmani, Jared Kushner and Israel's Meir Ben Shabbat signed, in front of King Mohammed VI, a joint declaration between the three states. A legal framework that regulates relations between Rabat, Tel Aviv and Washington DC.
The Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister unveiled, Tuesday, details about summoning Morocco’s ambassador to Spain Karima Benyaich. According to Arancha Gonzalez, the Moroccan diplomat told Cristina Gallach, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that Rabat does not recognize Spain’s sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla, adding that the Kingdom’s position in this regard has not changed. Morocco still considers the two cities to be «occupied». Gonzalez confirmed, during
2,646 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 420,648. 2,791 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 382,925. 30 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 7,030. 13 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, 5 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 5 in Marrakech-Safi, 3 in
The US-Israeli delegation, led by White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner and Israel's National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat, arrived Tuesday afternoon in Rabat, taking the first direct flight linking Tel Aviv to the Moroccan capital. At the Rabat airport, the United States Ambassador to Morocco David Fischer welcomed the delegation, expected to seal the Moroccan-Israeli deal brokered by the Trump administration. Said delegation, which also includes Assistant to the
Throughout this year, a number of countries have opened diplomatic representations in the Sahara, mainly in Dakhla and Laayoune. According to El Espanol, countries from the European Union are also ready to follow suit, namely Italy and Portugal. According to the same source, negotiations with Rome would be underway. Morocco and Italy signed, on November 1, in Rabat a declaration of multidimensional strategic partnership. Meetings between Nasser Bourita and Luigi Di Maio are
Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has announced that it will resume the Casablanca-Zagora line, with two flights a week and will increase the number of frequencies on three different lines. Ouarzazate will be linked to Casablanca, with five flights a week. Errachidia will be linked to the same city with four flights a week. As for the Casablanca-Dakhla line, the number of flights will reach 3 per day during the end of the year period. «The national company has
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