Intergovernmental Conference : The «Marrakech Pact on Migration» adopted

The Arab Maghreb Union to host a 2019 summit in Morocco, says the body’s Secretary General

The Arab Maghreb Union is expected to host a summit in Morocco in 2019, announced the body’s Secretary-General Taieb Baccouche. The last meeting of its kind took place in Tunisia in 1994.

Marrakech : Dimitris Avramopoulos to lead EU delegation to migration conference

UN Secretary General to participate in Marrakech Intergovernmental Conference on Migration

Sahara : For Horst Köhler a «peaceful solution to the conflict is possible»

The Geneva round table, attended by four delegations from Morocco, the Polisario, Algeria and Mauritania, was concluded on Thursday. In a press briefing, the UN envoy invited the four parties to a second round table stressing that a peaceful solution to the conflict is possible.

Geneva «round table» : This morning’s session was held «in a serene atmosphere»

2nd day of round table on regional dispute over the Sahara opens in Geneva

Sahara : The US pays close attention to the Geneva «round table»

As four delegations from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario flew to Geneva to attend a «round table» on the Sahara territorial conflict, the US is paying close attention to the event. On Wednesday, the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, called the Mauritanian Foreign Minister, who was one of the attendees. 

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wants to modernize the borders with Morocco

A trade union urges the Moroccan government to clarify the status of Ceuta and Melilla

The Spanish government wants to have a commitment from Britain to support the inclusion of clarifications on the status of Gibraltar in the Brexit package. Meanwhile in Morocco, the Democratic Confederation of Labor asked El Othmani’s government about the steps it is planning to take regarding the status of Ceuta and Melilla.