Many Moroccans continue to display their opposition to the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel. They organized a protest march last Wednesday.
José Manuel Albares, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, will not come to Rabat this Friday, April 1st, to meet his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita as planned. This meeting has been canceled due to the upcoming visit of the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchez, to Morocco. The head of Spanish diplomacy will be part of the delegation.
Spain and Morocco have ended a ten-month crisis after Spain publicly declared its support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara. The King of Spain, Felipe VI, played an important role in the resumption of relations between the two countries.
The Ukrainian ambassadors to Morocco and Georgia have been recalled by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, due to their inability "to defend the interests of the country".
On a visit to Morocco since Monday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was received on Tuesday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Nasser Bourita. On the agenda of the exchanges between the two men, the strategies to be adopted to make the most of the partnership between the two countries.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Morocco on Monday evening for a two-day working visit.
Present since Sunday at the "historic" Negev Summit, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita has announced that Morocco plans to strengthen its diplomatic presence in Israel.
Pekka Hyvönen, the Finnish ambassador to Morocco, posted a tweet on Morocco in which he openly criticized Rabat’s position on the war in Ukraine and its absence during the vote on a UN resolution . Perceived as an interference in the sovereign choices of Moroccan diplomacy, this tweet sparked heated controversy. The Finnish diplomat had to withdraw it and apologize to the Moroccan people.
Israel has announced Morocco’s participation in a "historic" meeting organized as part of the visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken . This diplomatic summit will be held between the United States and the three Arab countries that have normalized their relations with the Hebrew state.
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected in Morocco next week, as part of a regional tour, according to the American site Axios.
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares will make a visit to Morocco on April 1st. Another step in strengthening relations between Rabat and Madrid .
Miguel Angel Moratinos, former Spanish Foreign Minister and UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, is pleased with the evolution of relations between Morocco and Spain, after the diplomatic crisis sparked by the entry into the country of the leader of the Polisario militia, Brahim Ghali.