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
The first direct flight linking Tel Aviv to Rabat took off, Tuesday, carrying White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner and Israel's National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat. The US-Israeli delegation is expected to land in Rabat to sign a series of agreements and the first documents of the Moroccan-Israeli normalization deal, which the two country has announced earlier in December, Jerusalem Post reported. «The state we have lived in for the last 75 years, where Jews and Muslims have
The Spanish government summoned the Moroccan ambassador to protest against the comments of Head of government Saadeddine El Othmani, who addressed matters related to the sovereignty of Ceuta and Melilla in a recent interview.
The Moroccan government has decided to implement a nighttime curfew, from 9 pm to 6 am, nationwide. The decision will enter into force on December 23, and will last for three weeks. The decision includes, in addition to that, closing restaurants, cafes, shops and supermarkets at 8 pm, prohibiting public or private parties and gatherings. A total closure of restaurants, for a period of three weeks, will take effect from the same date in Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir and Tangier, four cities
877 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 418,002. 1,980 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 380,134. 43 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 7,000. 10 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, 10 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 6 in