Qatari – Mauritanian Higher Joint Committee Meets

Doha, February 27 (QNA) – The Qatari-Mauritanian Joint Higher Committee here on Sunday held its first session, chaired by HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, and Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Dr. Moulay Ould Mohamed Laghdaf.

Earlier, HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister held talks with the Mauritanian Premier on ties relations between the two brotherly countries and ways of bolstering them in various fields…read more

Morocco, World Bank sign economic cooperation agreement

Rabat – Morocco’s High Commission for Planning (HCP) and the World Bank (WB) signed a cooperation agreement on studies relating to economic growth, employment and poverty.

Under this agreement, signed by the HCP’s Head Mohamed Lahlimi Alami and the WB director for the Middle East and North Africa Simon Gray, the WB will provide support to the HCP for developing the mechanisms to reduce poverty…read more

EU’s contribution to projects in Morocco amounted to 1.8 billion dirhams in 2010, European diplomat says

Casablanca – The EU’s contribution to the large-scale projects in Morocco, that have benefited the Moroccan citizens, amounted to 1.8 billion dirhams in 2010, said Thursday in Casablanca head of the EU’s delegation in Rabat, Ambassador Eneko Landaburu.

Landaburu said that this support has benefited the major reforms in Morocco in many field…read more

Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership – €420 Million in Morocco

Brussels – The Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP) contributed in 2010 with 420 million euros in loans to finance the projects of Tanger-Med and Casablanca-Tadla Azilal highway, the European Investment Bank (EIB) said.

The Tanger-Med’s extension project, dubbed “Tanger Med II”, required an investment of 200 million euros.This project is aimed at…read more