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05.08.10

Moroccan Premier Abbas El Fassi and his Tunisian peer Mohamed Ghannouchi expressed their satisfaction with the positive results of the 16th joint committee held on May 6-7 in Tunis.

01.16.10

The National Charter for the Environment and Sustainable Development will be debated at the regional level starting January 18, Energy minister Amina Benkhadra said on Thursday.

01.11.10

The advanced status granted to Morocco by the European Union rewards the Kingdom's efforts in the field of human rights and the promotion of democracy, Secretary General of the ruling Istiqlal Party Abbas El Fassi said on Sunday.

01.08.10

Morocco called upon the UN Security Council to adopt the autonomy project put forward by the Kingdom as a basis for negotiations to get out of the impasse facing the Sahara issue.

01.05.10

Head of the Advisory Committee on regionalization, Omar Azziman, described as a "historic moment" the appointment by HM King Mohammed VI of the members of this Committee.

01.03.10

HM King Mohammed VI said on Sunday that the setting up of the Advisory Committee on Regionalization is a solemn moment that heralds "the start of a structural project which, hopefully, will mark a turning point in territorial governance" as a prelude to "a new dynamic towards a thorough institutional reform."

01.03.10

King Mohammed VI said that "one of my key objectives is to see to it that our recovered southern provinces are among the first to benefit from a sophisticated regionalization system."

12.31.09

The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) decided to establish a commission of experts in charge of presenting proposals to set up a Maghreban economic grouping.

12.31.09

Moroccan Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri and Mauritanian peer Naha Bent Hamdi Ould Meknes, reiterated their countries' willingness to further promote bilateral relations at all levels.

12.29.09

The partnerships the countries of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) are trying to establish with regional groupings, are doomed to fail for the lack of full normalisation of relations among all Member States of the UMA, Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi fihri, said on Tuesday in Tripoli.

12.29.09

Moroccan Foreign minister Taib Fassi Fihri arrived, Monday in Tripoli, to take part in the 29th session of the council of foreign ministers of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), scheduled Tuesday.

12.29.09

Senegal's president Abdoulaye Wade received, on Monday, managing director of Morocco's water and electricity utilities, Ali Fassi Fihri, who is on a visit to Dakar upon instructions of HM King Mohammed VI.

12.28.09

The first EU-Morocco Summit, slated in the first semester of 2010, is of "paramount symbolical and historical value," said Spanish Foreign Minister, Miguel Angel Moratinos.

12.24.09

The councils of the cities of the Great Casablanca and Koudougou (Burkina Faso) signed on Wednesday a friendship and cooperation agreement.

12.21.09

The fifth Pan-African Local Government Summit (Africities) shows the common will to reinforce African local movement, promote decentralization and broaden the scope of local democratic practice in Africa, regardless of viewpoint differences, Interior minister Chakib Benmoussa said on Sunday.

12.21.09

The participants in the 5th Pan-African Local Government Summit (Africities), which ended on Sunday in Marrakech, stressed the need for an African response to the global financial crisis.

12.21.09

The Communication Ministry on Monday denied having received any application for the accreditation of a permanent correspondent of the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot.

12.17.09

Morocco on Wednesday called on African local governments to close the ranks to take up the challenges imposed by the international economic crisis.

12.17.09

Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi Fihri, reiterated on Tuesday in Paris, Morocco's commitment to upholding the values of the Francophonie.

12.10.09

President of Equatorial-guinea, Théodore Obiang Nguema received on Wednesday in Bata (economic capital) Minister of State, Mohand Laenser who delivered the president a message from HM King Mohammed VI.

12.10.09

Morocco's proposal to grant broad autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara, is "a step toward the right direction" to find a solution to the Sahara issue, former president of the Catalan government, Jordi Pujol, said on Wednesday.

12.09.09

The position of Morocco regarding the fight against terrorism is firm and unambiguous, State Secretary to the Foreign Ministry, Latifa Akharbach, said on Tuesday.

12.09.09

Morocco is a "model" country in terms of regional trade integration for southern Mediterranean countries, EU Commissioner for External Relations, European Neighborhood Policy and Trade Benita Ferrero-Waldner said Wednesday in Brussels.

12.07.09

The Moroccan-Spanish relations are based on solid foundations and cannot be affected by the case of Aminatou Haidar, secretary general of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM-opposition), Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah, said on Saturday.