During a session at the House of Representatives, General Affairs Minister Lahcen Daouid said that capping oil prices is «not an urgent matter» at the moment. His announcement came as the government concluded a plan, in July, to monitor fuel prices, after Moroccans launched a boycott campaign protesting the high cost of living. In front of MPs, he declared that the measure, initiated to enable the government to «adjust» fuel prices every 15 days, was only relevant when
In an article published Sunday, October the 4th, and entitled «Saudi campaign to abduct and silence rivals abroad goes back decades», the Washington Post stated that the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) «had not issued a notice of any kind» for Saudi Prince Turki bin Bindar. The American newspaper was referring to a statement issued on October the 12th by the Moroccan Justice Ministry, through which Rabat announced that it had extradited
Both Morocco and Algeria are interested in Mauritania. The two neighboring countries have launched lately a series of economic and political initiatives, targeting Nouakchott. Meanwhile, Mauritania, under the auspices of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has been trying to balance its foreign policies by employing, in June, Ismail Ould Sheikh as a Foreign Affairs Minister. Five months later, Ould Abdel Aziz’s decision seems to be paying off. Algeria has not missed an opportunity to
The security Council resolution 2414, adopted in April, called the parties involved in the territorial conflict to consider relaunching direct negotiations. The document stressed the «importance of a renewed commitment by the parties to advancing the political process in preparation for a fifth round of negotiations». Resolution 2440, made public on October the 31st, came to highlight the same objective launched by the above-mentioned document. The Security Council welcomed the
Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell rejected on Tuesday, October the 30th, the organization of a conference that shows support for the Polisario. A report, requested by MPs from the People’s Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), allowed the rejection of a proposal submitted by Podemos, a left-wing populist party. The latter was planning to host on November the 16th, a support meeting at the Polisario’s headquarters. The event was initiated by the
In the last couple of months, Spain sent an increased number of its senior officials to Morocco to discuss shared interests and issues. Indeed, since the appointment of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, several Spanish ministers and high ranked officials flew to Morocco, in a very short period, to address topics related to migration, security, and the European Union. The last Spanish official to visit Rabat is Justice Minister Dolores Delgado, reports EFE. Delgado is
Morocco is one of the African countries that managed to accelerate their pace of improvement in the last five years in the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, published yearly by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Made public on October, the 2018 edition of the report ranks Morocco 15th among 54 African countries. The Kingdom has fell in the ranking according to its last year performance. Positioned 12th in Africa and 2nd in North Africa by the Index in 2017, Morocco is considered this year as
The European Parliament’s seat in Strasbourg is the favorite destination for Morocco and the Polisario’s representatives. Both delegations are mandated to lobby MEPs. The draft fisheries agreement signed by the Kingdom and the European Commission was at the heart of these two visits. And while Rabat, which is backed by the European Commission and EU countries, lobbies for the adoption of the treaty signed in June, the Front is mobilizing its lobbyists for a different objective. The
The Minister of State for Human Rights Mustapha Ramid has missed once again a government meeting, after he couldn’t make it to four government councils. In fact, the Justice and Development party politician and human rights activist’s absence is a way of protesting against a decision taken by the Government Secretary General Mohamed El Hajoui. The latter has, reportedly, refused to authorize the publishing of the updated version of the «National Plan for Democracy and Human
Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity party (PAM)’s «alliance» with a political party in Algeria has been crashed. Algeria’s Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD), which promotes secularism and has its principal power base in Kabylie, is being on a friendly footing with the Polisario. RCD’s secretary general Mohcine Belabbas visited the headquarters of the «Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic embassy» in Algeries Monday, October the 22nd,
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