Army General James McConville, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, is working to implement the roadmap signed between Rabat and Washington as part of defense cooperation. He was on an official visit to Morocco last week.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has decided to delete a tweet containing a non-compliant map of Morocco. In this tweet, the kingdom was cited among the countries that received doses of the Janssen Covid-19 vaccine developed by the Johnson & Johnson laboratory.
General James C. McConville, the 40th Chief of Staff of the US Army, met in Rabat with Moroccan Defense officials. Facing Abdellatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of National Defense Administration, and General Abdelfattah Louarak, Inspector General of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR), the American military reaffirmed the importance his country attaches to the US-Moroccan strategic partnership.
Morocco is now classified by the United States in the high-risk category 3 for travelers. This emerges from the latest Covid-19 guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Morocco will acquire four G550 electronic warfare and reconnaissance aircraft of the ISR type following an agreement with the American private aircraft manufacturer, Gulfstream Aerospace in 2019.
During a visit to Morocco , the US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Joey Hood, reassured the Moroccan authorities that the United States maintains its position on the Moroccanness of the Sahara. A statement that reinforces Rabat, which feared the reversal of this position.
The manufacture of automotive parts for the Tesla brand of billionaire Elon Musk entrusted to the American company STMicroelectronics, located in Bouskoura in the Casablanca region, propels Morocco into the electric vehicle market. It is on the verge of becoming the first African country to enter this market.
Morocco has ordered fighter jet engines from the American company Raytheon, specialized in defense systems. This will further strengthen its armament.
As announced, the kingdom has indeed received the 300,000 Janssen doses from the Johnson & Johnson company.
The inaugural flight of the Israeli airline El Al from Tel Aviv to Marrakech was inaugurated on Sunday, July 25, six months after the normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel under the auspices of the United States. The latter express their satisfaction.
Joey Hood, Acting US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, will travel to Morocco in the coming days as part of a regional tour covering the period from July 24 to 29.
Since its creation in 2015, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations ( BCIJ ) has dismantled 84 terrorist cells in Morocco . This is what its director, Cherkaoui Habboub, affirmed, thus confirming the kingdom as an indispensable and strategic partner internationally in the fight against terrorism.