Thursday, May 24th 2012

 
Tags (13) : GCC

Morocco aspires to establish ‘an advanced institutional partnership’ with Gulf countries: says FM

Yacout Info | 11/03/2011 | News
Morocco wants ‘advanced institutional partnership’ with Gulf countries: says FM with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), based on “mutual interests and preserving the gains of our projects and development programmes,” said Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri on wednesday....
GCC, GCC superior council, Morocco, Riyadh, Taieb Fassi Fihri

Measures in place to protect Dubai

Yacout Info | 10/30/2011 | News
Measures have been put in place to protect Dubai’s economy from European and other global economic woes, a senior Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry official said on Sunday. Speaking at Dubai Chamber’s third Economic Seminar of 2011, Hisham Al Shirawi, Second Vice Chairman, said: “External...
Dubai, Dubai Chamber of commerce, GCC, Hisham Al Shirawi, Jordan, Mena, Morocco

Morocco aims for GCC trade as European picture looks cloudy

Yacout Info | 10/28/2011 | News
Morocco is targeting increased trade and investment links with the GCC as the euro-zone crisis dents its exports to Europe, its main trading partner. Morocco is targeting increased trade and investment links with the GCC as the euro-zone crisis dents its exports to Europe, its main trading partner....
Casablanca Stock Exchange, eurozone crisis, GCC, Kuwait, Moroccan federation of leather industries, Morocco, Qatar, UAE

Morocco-GCC to adopt mechanisms for advanced partnership

Yacout Info | 10/20/2011 | News
Morocco and the Golf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreed, on Monday, to adopt mechanisms and working arrangements for the setting up of an advanced partnership. The agreement came at the end of the Morocco-GCC working group which met in Riyadh. The two parties decided to SET up sector-based...
Foreign Ministry, GCC, Mohammed Azeroual, Morocco, Riadh

Morocco, the GCC’s Maghreb protector?

Yacout Info | 10/14/2011 | News
When the proposal to invite Morocco and Jordan into the Gulf Cooperation Council first made headlines last May, it was interpreted as an offer of solidarity between monarchs at a time when Bahrain’s Sunni royal family was facing angry protests In fact, the effort to expand the regional...
GCC, Jeddah, Jordan, Morocco, Nasser Jouda, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Taib Fassi Fhiri

GCC plans 5 year aid scheme for Jordan, Morocco

Yacout Info | 09/13/2011 | News
Gulf Arab countries plan to fund a five-year development aid programme for Morocco and Jordan, aspiring members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) political and economic bloc, and the amount will be SET in December, the GCC's chief said on Sunday.   Oil-exporting Gulf monarchies are seeking...
5 year aid, GCC, Jordan, Morocco

Kuwait, Morocco eye special ties

Yacout Info | 09/13/2011 | News
Kuwait and Morocco on Monday asserted their interest in having strong bilateral relations in all fields and uniting their stances in support of the Palestinian Authority bid to have independent state.   “I have carried with me a letter from Moroccan King Mohammad VI to His Highness the Amir...
GCC, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestinan Authority, Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah AL Salem Al Sabah, Sheikh Sabah Al-salem Al-Sabah, Taieb Fassi Fihri

Agreement for the creation of two working groups to discuss areas of joint cooperation

Yacout Info | 09/11/2011 | News
The foreign ministers of the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreed at a meeting Sunday in Jeddah with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Taib Fassi Fihri and his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Jouda, to establish two working groups to discuss areas of joint cooperation....
Abdellatif Zyan, GCC, Jordan, Morocco, Naser Judeh

GCC to discuss Jordan and Morocco joining bloc

Yacout Info | 09/08/2011 | News
The foreign ministers of Jordan and Morocco are to hold talks with their six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council counterparts on possible accession to the Gulf bloc, the GCC chief said on Thursday.   Abdulatif Al Zayani said in a statement the foreign ministers of Jordan and Morocco have been...
Abdullatif Al Zayani, GCC, Jordan, Morocco

Morocco, Jordan membership would test Gulf economies

Yacout Info | 05/29/2011 | Economy
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is considering extending membership of the six-nation political and economic grouping to Morocco and Jordan as a means of contending with the region's evolving political landscape. Moving forward with this proposal would most notably lead to the creation of a new...
GCC, Jordan, Morocco

Morocco FM defends Gulf deployment in Bahrain

Yacout Info | 05/15/2011 | News
Morocco's foreign minister defended the deployment of Gulf troops to help put down protests in Bahrain, a fellow Arab monarchy, and accused Iran of meddling "Nobody can say 'no' to the intervention" by Bahrain's Arab neighbours, Taieb Fassi Fihri, whose country has been invited to join the Gulf...
Bahrain, GCC, Iranian interference, Morocco, Taieb Fassi Fihri

Morocco strongly welcomes invitation to join GCC

Yacout Info | 05/11/2011 | News
Morocco has welcomed with a great interest the invitation by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to join the six-nation regional grouping.   The Kingdom of Morocco "welcomes with a great interest the invitation by the GCC, on the occasion of its head of states summit held on Tuesday in Riyadh,...
Foreign Ministry, GCC, Morocco

Arab Gulf countries' leaders invite Morocco to join Gulf Council

Yacout Info | 05/11/2011 | News
The leaders of the Arab Gulf countries invited, on Tuesday in Riyadh, Morocco to join the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).         The GCC Secretary General Abdellatif Ziani said in a statement read at a press briefing, after the Council's consultation meeting, that "in...
GCC, Morocco