Appointed Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary Ambassador of King Mohammed VI to the French Republic, the diplomat Mohamed Benchaaboun presented his credentials to French President Emmanuel Macron last Friday.
The Israel Liaison Office in Morocco organized on July 5 in Rabat a ceremony marking the celebration of the 74th anniversary of the independence of the Hebrew state. A first in years.
Since the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel, the word "occupation" is hardly used in the Moroccan media anymore. This is at least what Mohamed Abido, the director of the Moroccan Center for Tolerance and Interfaith Dialogue, claims.
The Moroccan delegation present in Algeria as part of the 19th edition of the Mediterranean Games in Oran was given a warm welcome upon arrival at the city’s airport.
Morocco has finally reacted to the situation of the young Moroccan Brahim Saadoun, sentenced to death in Donbass , for his involvement with the Ukrainian army.
Spain admits that the protocol service did not carry out the usual checks of the room where the iftar organized in honor of Pedro Sanchez during his visit to Rabat in April was held, to find that the Spanish flag was upside down.
Swept away last July by the Ghali affair which provoked a serious diplomatic crisis with Morocco, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha Gonzales Laya, mentions "telephone tappings, complaints, campaigns, including press campaigns" which have "served to blur this humanitarian aid" provided to the Polisario leader, Brahim Ghali.
The Spanish Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, asked the press on Monday to avoid making "inappropriate" speculations about the spying of Pedro Sanchez’s phones and the migration crisis of May 2021 in Ceuta, stating that Morocco is a "strategic" and loyal partner of Spain.
Russia has a new ambassador to Morocco appointed on Friday, May 27 by its President Vladimir Putin.
Tension is also high between Morocco and Algeria. Abdelaziz Rahabi, former Algerian ambassador to Madrid, says that the causes that led to the crisis between the two countries are still present.
The Spanish protocol service was not associated with the preparation of the room where King Mohammed VI offered an iftar (breaking of the fast) in honor of President Pedro Sanchez during his visit to Rabat on April 7. This is the official response of the Spanish government regarding the upside-down flag noticed at this royal dinner.
Morocco always manages to get the upper hand over Spain in times of crisis because it has put in place, for decades, a strategy that allows it to act at the right time. This is the view of some Spanish diplomatic circles, who note a lack of strategy on Spain’s part in this process of normalizing relations with the kingdom.