Morocco continues to emphasize Mauritania's essential role in the royal initiative aimed at giving Sahel countries access to the Atlantic Ocean, as Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita publicly reiterated Monday in Rabat during a meeting with his Mauritanian counterpart.
UAE-based newspaper Al Bayan accused Qatar of planning to destabilize the Kingdom of Morocco by giving Islamist illegal association Al Adl wal Ihsane a chance to express its fundamentalist positions in an interview.
Released on the 12th of May, the 2017 Fragile States Index has ranked Morocco 84th among other countries, assessing their social, economic and political situation. The ranking considers the Kingdom an improving nation yet assigns it an «elevated warning» state.