Day: April 17, 2024

Rabat – Morocco “is open to diversified partnerships which take into consideration common interests, fully respect the sovereignty of each party and aim to promote mutual understanding”, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests, Mohamed Sadiki, said Tuesday.

Speaking at the House of Councilors’ question time, Sadiki underlined that these partnerships must also be based on “the sustainable management of marine resources in the Moroccan waters, the protection of the national maritime economy and the preservation of the kingdom’s sovereignty over all its waters and its exclusive economic zone’.*

He also noted that the fisheries agreement between the Kingdom of Morocco and the EU has been in force for 30 years, and it is currently being implemented through a series of bilateral agreements and executive protocols.

Sadiki pointed out that the last protocol signed in 2019 expired on July 17, 2023, considering that its renewal ‘remains mainly linked to an EU position’.

Regarding i
nternational markets, Sadiki said that Morocco is present in various markets across the five continents “thanks to its accumulated experience, through the supply of high-quality fishing products and full compliance with product safety standards’.

The fisheries sector presents significant export and development potential, he stressed, expressing the Kingdom’s readiness “to study all new proposals and any negotiations in this regard on the basis of available resources”.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse

Ra – Morocco’s police arrested, Wednesday in Marrakech, three foreign nationals of Chinese, Ukrainian and Lithuanian nationalities who were the subject of international arrest warrants issued by American judicial authorities for their alleged links with criminal networks active in international drug trafficking and the laundering of funds resulting from these criminal activities.

The three foreign nationals, aged between 22 and 25, were arrested during simultaneous security operations in Marrakech, as part of the privileged bilateral cooperation between Moroccan and American security services, the General Directorate for National Security (DGSN) said in a press release.

The suspects were the subject of international arrest warrants issued by American judicial authorities, for their links with criminal cartels operating in international drug trafficking, notably ‘Fentanyl’, in addition to the laundering of the spoils of this criminal activity.

The suspects were placed in police custody for the purposes of
the investigation carried out under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office, while the National Central Bureau “Interpol Office in Rabat” under the General Directorate for National Security was tasked with notifying its American counterpart of this arrest under the extradition procedure, the same source added.

This arrest is part of international security cooperation relations as well as the efforts made by the Moroccan security services in tracking down people wanted internationally in cases of transnational crime, the press release concluded.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse

Rabat – His Majesty King Mohammed VI sent a message of condolences and compassion to the Sultan of Oman HM Haitham bin Tariq, following the floods in his country.

In this message, His Majesty the King said that he had learned with deep emotion and grief of the tragic toll of the floods in the brotherly Sultanate of Oman.

In this painful ordeal, the Sovereign expressed to HM Haitham bin Tariq, to the bereaved families and to the brotherly Omani people, His heartfelt condolences and sincere feelings of solidarity and compassion, imploring God to grant them patience and comfort, to welcome the victims into His Holy Mercy and to give a speedy recovery to the injured.

His Majesty the King also prayed to the Almighty to preserve the Sultan of Oman and the brotherly Omani people from any misfortune.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse

Rabat – His Majesty King Mohammed VI sent a message of condolences and compassion to the Sultan of Oman HM Haitham bin Tariq, following the floods in his country.

In this message, His Majesty the King said that he had learned with deep emotion and grief of the tragic toll of the floods in the brotherly Sultanate of Oman.

In this painful ordeal, the Sovereign expressed to HM Haitham bin Tariq, to the bereaved families and to the brotherly Omani people, His heartfelt condolences and sincere feelings of solidarity and compassion, imploring God to grant them patience and comfort, to welcome the victims into His Holy Mercy and to give a speedy recovery to the injured.

His Majesty the King also prayed to the Almighty to preserve the Sultan of Oman and the brotherly Omani people from any misfortune.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse