Politics

London - The 4th session of the Strategic Dialogue between Morocco and the United Kingdom further demonstrated "the strength and depth" of the bilateral relationship, UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) said Monday.

Johannesburg - The processes of the implementation of the "African Continental Free Trade Area" (AfCFTA) are at the heart of the Kingdom of Morocco's interests, given their importance in changing the continental development model, to become more productive and create opportunities for all, said Monday in Johannesburg, speaker of the House of Advisors, Enaam Mayara.

Rabat - The eighth session of the Permanent Joint Commission (PJC) between the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco and that of the Walloon Region and the French Community Wallonia-Brussels kicked off, Monday in Rabat.

Rabat - Morocco "occupies a prominent place among the priority countries of Wallonia-Brussels", whose importance is confirmed by the diversity of areas of cooperation between the two parties, said Monday in Rabat, the general administrator of Wallonia-Brussels International, Pascale Delcomminette.

Lisbon - Morocco and Portugal signed, Friday in Lisbon, 12 agreements covering various strategic areas, with the aim of strengthening their bilateral cooperation.

Lisbon - Portugal reiterated its support for the Moroccan autonomy initiative, presented in 2007, which it sees as a realistic, serious and credible proposal for a solution agreed within the framework of the United Nations, said the Joint Declaration that sanctioned the 14th Portugal-Morocco High-Level Meeting, held Friday in Lisbon, under the joint chairmanship of Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa and Morocco's Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch.

Lisbon - Morocco and Portugal reaffirmed the strategic interest of the privileged partnership between the Kingdom and the European Union, considered as a pillar of stability in the Mediterranean.

Lisbon - Portugal commended the dynamics of openness, progress and modernity in Morocco, thanks to the reforms carried out under the leadership of HM King Mohammed VI.

Rabat - Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rachid Talbi El Alami, met, Friday in Rabat, with chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, Zhao Leji, currently on a working visit in the Kingdom leading a delegation of high-level officials.

Lisbon - Portugal and Morocco have agreed to raise their bilateral relations to the level of Global Strategic Partnership, based on the Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighborliness and Cooperation between the two countries, signed in May 1994, and the instruments of cooperation and dialogue that have enabled establishing a foundation based on solid foundations to develop bilateral relations in their political, economic and cultural dimensions, stressed the two countries in the joint statement issued at the end of the 14th High Level Meeting (HLM), held Friday in Lisbon.