The Moroccan Consulate General in Montpellier has acquired a new building located in Parc 2000 in La Paillade, in accordance with royal directives for more effective support that meets the expectations of Moroccans residing in this city.
France’s recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara has ended the long diplomatic crisis between the two countries and opened another major one between Paris and Algiers. A look back at the origins and political and economic stakes of these diplomatic tensions.
Morocco was the first nation to recognize the independence of the United States, well before France, the United Kingdom, and Germany. It was on December 1, 1777. Since then, the two countries have maintained excellent bilateral relations.
Montpellier and Fez are making a new start. The twinning protocol linking the two cities since 2003 was renewed on Monday on the sidelines of a visit by a delegation from the City and Metropolis of Montpellier to Morocco.
Massad Boulos, special advisor for Africa to the President of the United States, reiterated the Trump administration’s commitment to "a sustainable solution without delay, based on the Moroccan autonomy proposal as the only framework for negotiating a mutually acceptable solution."
In recent years, Morocco has strengthened its economic cooperation with various Asian countries, including South Korea. The kingdom has recently signed an agreement of more than one and a half billion dollars with the company Hyundai Rotem for the development of its rail network.
The installation of a new world map including the map of Morocco integrating the Sahara in the room of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly in Paris is not to the liking of some deputies, in particular the communist MP Jean-Paul Lecoq, very involved in the defense of the Polisario.
The Moroccan Association for Citizenship and Human Rights reacts to the expulsion by Algeria of Mohamed El Soufiani, the Moroccan Consul General-Deputy, stationed in Oran.
At the UN, Morocco rejected the Algerian demand to expand the powers of MINURSO to include human rights monitoring in the Sahara.
Algeria views the planned military exercises between Morocco and France, which will take place in September on the Algerian-Moroccan border, in a negative light.
French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin will make an official visit to Morocco this week.
The publication by Jean-Noël Barrot, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, of a map of Morocco amputated of its Sahara, is raising questions.