The painting of the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill «Scene at Marrakech» will be auctioned for the first time in March. The painting, circa 1935, has an estimated value of between £300,000 (about US$404,000) and £500,000, Barrons reported. Churchill, who used to visit Morocco regularly, painted this masterpiece during a 1935 visit. In the 1950s, he gifted Scene at Marrakech to field marshal Bernard Law Montgomery. The latter «An
The Governments of the Kingdom of Morocco and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland welcomed the provisional application, as of January 1, 2021, of the Association Agreement between Morocco and the United Kingdom, signed in London on October 26, 2019. To this effect, the two countries exchanged verbal notes on Thursday in Rabat, according to a joint Morocco-UK Declaration. The agreement restores, in the context of bilateral relations, all the effects that the two countries
Chinese agency for regulating drugs and medical devices has officially accepted the request of the country’s leading vaccine maker, Sinopharm, to take one of its Covid-19 vaccine to the market. «The Center for Drug Evaluation of China’s National Medical Products Administration has formally accepted the application and started examination procedure», the Global Times newspaper said, adding that a conditional approval could be granted as early as
The process of opening a United States consulate in Dakhla is launched, as announced Thursday by the US Secretary of State. «We are inaugurating a virtual presence post for Western Sahara, with a focus on promoting economic and social development, to be followed soon by a fully functioning consulate», Mike Pompeo wrote on Thursday. «Consistent with President Trump’s proclamation on recognizing the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over the Western
Algeria’s Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum had a phone call Wednesday with Mikhail Bogdanov, the special representative of the President of Russia for the Middle East and African countries, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Moscow announced Thursday. The Sahara issue was one of the topics discussed by the two diplomats. «They addressed the problems of implementation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council on the settlement of Western Sahara»,
2,650 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 425,864. 2,833 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 388,728. 44 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 7,130. 19 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, 4 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 5 in
Morocco has acquired 65 million doses of the two vaccines the Kingdom has opted for, Minister of Health Khalid Ait Taleb said Thursday during the Council of Government meeting. He explained that the target population amounts to 25 million people. Preparations for the launch of the national vaccination campaign have reached a «very advanced» stage, said the Minister, quoted by government spokesman Said Amzazi, during a press briefing held following the Council. The exact date of
Parties and movements affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood in Arab countries have accused their Islamist «brethren» in the Justice and Development Party of betraying the Palestinian cause.
Morocco has implemented new travel restrictions on people coming from Denmark, according to the embassy of Denmark in the Kingdom. In a statement published, Thursday, on its website, the diplomatic representation announced that Morocco «has introduced an entry ban on travelers coming from Denmark». «The entry ban applies until further notice», reads the same statement. Marokko har indført indrejseforbud for rejsende kommende fra Danmark. Indrejseforbuddet
«Reports on opening a Portuguese consulate in Western Sahara are false», read a statement released by the Portuguese Foreign Affairs Ministry on Wednesday. The country announced that, on the other hand, it «supports the efforts of the United Nations Secretary-General to relaunch negotiations with the aim of reaching a lasting and a mutually acceptable political solution, in accordance with the United Nations Security Council resolutions». Portuguese diplomacy
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