Morocco Considers Visa Reciprocity: Lawmaker Urges Action Against European Countries

Parliamentary advisor Khaled Setti of the National Union of Labor within the House of Advisors continues to demand the imposition of visas on European nationals as part of a "reciprocity" policy. "Many European countries impose prior visas on Moroccan citizens and derive significant financial revenues from this, while Moroccan legislation allows their nationals to enter the national territory without a visa," he notes in a written question addressed to the head of Moroccan diplomacy.

According to the elected official, this situation constitutes not only a violation of the principle of reciprocity, but it also results in a considerable loss of revenue for the kingdom. It deprives the Moroccan public treasury of substantial revenues and weakens the diplomatic position of the kingdom vis-à-vis its partners, he believes. "Morocco must consider a clear and firm policy on reciprocity," he insists. Setti then calls on Nasser Bourita’s department to specify the measures envisaged to restore a balance in the conditions of access to the territory.

This is not the first time that Setti has addressed the issue. Last March, parliamentary advisor Loubna Alaoui from the same political group and he had addressed a question to Bourita, calling on him to impose a visa on European nationals as part of a "reciprocity" policy.