Politics

Rabat - Ukraine expressed on Monday its support for the autonomy plan, presented by Morocco in 2007, as a "serious and credible" basis for the "successful" settlement of the Sahara issue.

Geneva - The Minister of Health and Social Protection, Khalid Ait Taleb, met on Saturday in Geneva with the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the sidelines of the 76th session of the World Health Assembly.

Jeddah - The Arab Summit commended, at the end of its proceedings Friday in Jeddah, Morocco's efforts to settle the situation in Libya, as well as the Kingdom's solidarity with Yemen.

Jeddah - The Jeddah Declaration, issued at the end the proceedings of the 32nd Arab Summit held on Friday, expressed its support for the role of the Al-Quds Committee chaired by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, as well as its executive arm, the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Agency, in the defense of the Holy City and the resistance of its inhabitants.

Jeddah - The foreign ministers of Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Jordan met on the sidelines of the preparatory meetings for the Jeddah Arab Summit to discuss regional issues and international developments, including the agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran reached last March.

Jeddah - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, held Wednesday a series of meetings with several of his Arab counterparts, on the sidelines of his participation in the meeting of the Council of the Arab League at the level of foreign ministers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Rabat - President of the National Rally of Independents (RNI) party, Aziz Akhannouch, received, Tuesday in Rabat, chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation and one of the leading actors in the European People's Party (EPP), Norbert Lammert.

Casablanca - The Casablanca Stock Exchange closed down on Wednesday, its main index, the MASI, dropping 0.25% to 10,777.63 points (pts).

Jeddah - The Saudi Council of Ministers approved, during a meeting held Tuesday in Jeddah, under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, a memorandum of understanding of cooperation in the cultural field between the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication of the Kingdom of Morocco.

Jeddah - The meeting of the Council of the Arab League at the level of foreign ministers began on Wednesday in Jeddah, as a prelude to the 32nd Arab Summit to be held next Friday.