The former Moroccan consular agent in Barcelona, Hamid Chraite, finds himself in a delicate situation. He is under the threat of extradition to Morocco, a request approved by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the National Court.
Actions will be taken to counter the problems related to the withdrawal of custody of the children of Moroccan nationals by the social services of various European countries, promised the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad, Nasser Bourita.
The Ambassador of Morocco in Sweden has been recalled for consultation for an indefinite period, after the Swedish government authorized a demonstration during which the Quran was burned in front of a Mosque in Stockholm. The Chargé d’Affaires of the Kingdom of Sweden in Rabat was also summoned to the ministry.
A major diplomatic personnel movement has been initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, several of them in France.
A suspicious vehicle was discovered on Monday, June 12, in front of the Moroccan consulate in Liège. The police were notified and bomb disposal experts were dispatched to the scene.
The former French Consul General in Marrakech, Philippe Casenave, is said to have lent his official residence to a "friend" who received "prostitutes" there between 2018 and 2020. The information leaked after the diplomat’s appointment on May 2 as Director of State Protocol, a position he had to give up.
One of the 23 Moroccans who arrived in Majorca on a patera plane in 2021 tried to take refuge last Friday at the Moroccan Consulate in Palma. After the officials told him that he could not receive any assistance, he chose to block the access and exits.
Israel is working to open its embassy in Morocco. Alona Fisher-Kamm, acting head of the Israeli liaison office in Morocco, laid the first stone of the building that will house it in Rabat.
Under fire for several months, TLS Contact is losing one of its biggest clients in terms of visa issuance. The Italian embassy in Rabat has announced the replacement of the latter by a new operator.
The Consul of Morocco in Almeria, Kamal Haoudi, died at the age of 54 from a heart attack that occurred at his home. Condolences and expressions of compassion have been addressed to the Moroccan consulate in recent days.
A week after the announcement of his appointment , Christophe Lecourtier has arrived in Morocco to take up his post as the new French ambassador to Morocco.
Announced a few weeks ago as the successor to Hélène le Gal as ambassador of France to Morocco, Christophe Lecourtier is officially called to join his post in Rabat.