Politics

Rabat - Israeli Parliament (Knesset) Speaker Amir Ohana asserted, on Thursday in Rabat, that Israel should move forward with recognizing Morocco's sovereignty over its Sahara.

Rabat - The Council of Government, meeting in Rabat on Thursday, adopted bill no. 43.22 on alternative sentencing (new version), presented by the Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi.

Rabat - The government treats foreign and domestic investment on an equal footing, Mustapha Baïtas, Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament and Government Spokesman, said on Thursday in Rabat.

Rabat - The House of Representatives will hold, next Monday, a plenary session devoted to oral questions to the Head of Government on general policy.

Rabat - The House of Representatives and the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, signed a memorandum of understanding in Rabat on Thursday, covering the development of parliamentary relations at the legislative level and in other areas of parliamentary action.

Jeddah - The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has welcomed the announcement that crowned the meetings of the "6+6" joint commission tasked by the Libyan House of Representatives and High Council of State with drafting the laws governing the presidential and parliamentary elections, which took place in Bouznika.

Rabat - Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rachid Talbi Alami, held talks in Rabat on Thursday with speaker of the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, Amir Ohana, focusing on ways of strengthening relations between the two countries' legislative institutions.

Rabat - The General Secretariat of the Maghreb Arab Union (MAU) has praised Morocco's efforts on behalf of the Libyan brothers, as well as the approach adopted by the Kingdom to provide them with the appropriate space for dialogue and consultation "far from any foreign pressure".

Bouznika - The conclusions of the meeting of the joint commission (6+6) tasked by the Libyan House of Representatives and High Council of State with drafting the electoral laws for the legislative and presidential elections in Libya are an important step in the process of finding a definitive solution to the Libyan crisis, said, on Tuesday in Bouznika, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, noting that the dialogue had led to a compromise on the organization of legislative and presidential elections.

Rabat - Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, held talks in Rabat on Wednesday with Israel's National Security Advisor, Tzachi Hanegbi.