After years of cooperation with Morocco, Baykar, a Turkish company specializing in drone manufacturing, has decided to build a factory in the country. This will be the Kingdom's defense factory following the one currently under construction by BlueBird Aero Systems.
Faced with French ambassadors, President Emmanuel Macron highlighted the strategic partnership sealed with King Mohammed VI at the end of October, elevating it to a model for the renewal of French policy in Africa. In contrast, he criticized Algeria for the «totally arbitrary» detention of writer Boualem Sansal.
The Russian Ambassador to Morocco confirmed that his country appreciates Morocco's balanced position on the ongoing war in Ukraine, noting that this political rapprochement has positively impacted economic exchanges between the two countries.
The Indian defense industry is increasingly interested in Morocco as a base for deployment in Africa. After Tata, which is to produce WhAP 8x8 land combat vehicles in the Kingdom, other Indian companies could follow suit.