Santiago Abascal, leader of the Spanish far-right formation Vox, took advantage of the debate on the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Wednesday to compare the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI , to Vladimir Putin.
Royal Air Maroc continues to increase its flights to repatriate Moroccans stranded in Ukraine. The national airline has scheduled two new flights on Saturday, March 5.
Moroccan journalist Rachid Achachi claims to support the war in Ukraine and justifies his position by the fact that Russia has adopted a homophobic policy. This has provoked the anger of the LGBTQAI+ community.
Morocco will inevitably feel the impact of the conflict between two of its major trading partners, Russia and Ukraine. The immediate measures taken by the government could show their limits if the war persists.
The airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has decided to schedule new additional flights for Moroccans stranded in Ukraine, after the Russian invasion. These flights will be operated on Thursday, March 3, 2022.
The universities where Moroccan students are currently enrolled would refuse to return their passports. The goal: to force them to pay all tuition fees in order to allow them to leave the country.
As part of the measures taken to facilitate the return of Moroccans still present in Ukraine, the diplomatic authorities in Romania have set up a reception center in Bucharest, intended for Moroccans who have fled through the Romanian border.
Algeria could reactivate the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline crossing Morocco, whose contract it refused to renew when it expired on October 31, to supply gas to Europe during this Ukrainian crisis period. Sonatrach CEO Toufik Hakkar has also announced that his company is willing to provide more gas to Europe, in the event of a drop in Russian exports.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine , 436 Moroccans have managed to flee the country by passing through the border posts to which the Moroccan embassy in Kiev had asked them to go.
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has scheduled flights, next Wednesday, March 2, departing from Bucharest (Romania), Budapest (Hungary) and Warsaw (Poland) to Casablanca at a fixed price of 750 dirhams including taxes.
As Russian missiles strike Ukraine, experts warn that the impact of the conflict will not fail to be felt in all African countries, including Morocco.
Moroccan nationals stranded in Ukraine who wish to leave the country to join Morocco by air from neighboring countries are exempted from the vaccine pass.