The domestic intelligence services of the Directorate General of Internal Security (DGSI) have arrested a diplomat posted to the French Embassy in El Salvador. He is suspected of belonging to an ultra-right cell that was planning attacks against Muslims in France.
Since Sunday, September 1st, Morocco has been chairing the Peace and Security Council of the African Union. In this position, the Kingdom intends to have a lasting impact on the continent over the next 12 months.
Formerly posted to the French Diplomatic Representation in Israel, Hélène Le Gal is the new Ambassador of her country to Morocco. She thus becomes the first French diplomat to hold this position in the Alaouite Kingdom.
On a working visit to Morocco, Nabeela Tunis, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Sierra Leone, reaffirmed, on Monday, August 19, 2019, in Rabat, her country’s "permanent support" for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom and the autonomy initiative.
Japan maintains its position on the conflict around the Sahara. Takuji Hanatani, Japan’s Ambassador to Morocco, reaffirmed this to Habib El Malki, President of the House of Representatives.
Morocco has not remained indifferent to the terrorist act perpetrated near the National Cancer Institute in Cairo. The Kingdom strongly condemns it and expresses its proximity to the Egyptian capital.
An unexpected meeting brought together the advisor and son-in-law of the American president, Jared Kushner, in Morocco on Thursday, August 1, 2019, and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates. This tête-à-tête aimed to finance the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.
Construction work on the new premises of the US Consulate General in Casablanca should begin in the second half of 2020.
The warming of relations between Morocco and Algeria is a concern for King Mohammed VI. He expressed it in the speech he gave on the occasion of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of his accession to the Throne.
Over the years, Morocco has acquired the status of "Privileged Partner of Europe" thanks to its management of the flow of migrants and its fight against religious radicalism, to the detriment of Moroccans. In an op-ed in the newspaper Le Monde, Khadija Mohsen-Finan and Pierre Vermeren, two academics, note that respect for human rights in the Kingdom is of little importance in the eyes of the leaders of the old continent.
Morocco is concerned about maritime navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. On Tuesday, July 23, 2019, Nasser Bourita, its Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, called for respect for freedom of maritime navigation.