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Paris, Brussels, London... Mohammed VI's new ambassadors await royal green light

Like many other amabassadors, Mohamed Benchaâboun stills waits for the royal go. © Mohamed Drissi Kamili / Story&Brands

The new ambassadors appointed to Paris, Mohamed Benchaâboun, and to the European Union, Youssef Amrani, have joined a long list of diplomats unable to take up their duties because they have not yet been received by the king. [...] (522 words)

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Why Brussels envoy Youssef Amrani is still missing in action

Appointed Morocco's representative to the European Union by Mohammed VI on 17 October, Youssef Amrani was subsquently not confirmed in that post by the king on 14 December. However, it is in fact Brussels that is delaying his appointment due to Morocco-EU tensions. [...]

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King Hicham Naciri's lawyer comes to the rescue of Autoroutes du Maroc against Finetis and the Majidi clan

The ICSID arbitration tribunal is due to settle a dispute between the state agency and Finetis, which operates the fibre optic network installed along motorways. The French group has close ties to the king's private secretary, Mounir al-Majidi, and his brother, the businessman Mahdi al-Majidi. [...]

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OCP to open new fertiliser plant as key part of West African expansion

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Why Benchaâboun was dispatched to the Paris embassy

Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, who was against the appointment of former Finance Minister Mohamed Benchaâboun as head of the central bank, has now moved him to a prominent diplomatic post. [...]

Former Moroccan Minister of Finance Mohamed Benchaaboun. © Youssef Boudlal/Reuters

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Mohammed VI hesitates over Madrid, Berlin, Brussels and Paris embassies

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Bourita lines up successors to France and EU ambassadors Benmoussa and Rahhou

To encourage France and the European Union to recognise its sovereignty over Western Sahara, a step already taken by the United States, Morocco will be replacing its otherwise engaged ambassadors in Paris and Brussels. [...]

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