Refusal comes after Italy recalled its ambassador to Cairo over a ‘lack of cooperation’ from the Egyptian authorities over the killing

France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Saturday said he had “deep regrets” over Algeria’s refusal to issue visas to two French journalists in a row over the so-called Panama Papers revelations.

Morocco and the African Development Bank (AfDB) signed, on Friday in Rabat, loan and guarantee agreements totaling 112.30 million dollars related to the project of reinforcing the railway infrastructure of the National Railways Office (ONCF).

International media reports say Belgian forces arrested five terror suspects on Friday, including a Belgian Moroccan named Mohammed Abrini – the last known fugitive responsible for the deadly attacks in Paris last November.

Head of Morocco’s internal intelligence service, Abdellatif Hammouchi, who is also Chief of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN,) is visiting Moscow to seal bilateral collaboration in the fight against terrorism.

The  King Mohammed VI held talks here on Wednesday with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The King Mohammed VI and Russia president Vladimir Putin chaired, Tuesday 15 March 2016 in the Kremlin, a signing ceremony of several bilateral cooperation agreements in various fields.

The Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Morocco are against any violation of the UN Security Council resolutions regarding the settlement of the Sahara issue.

Putin gave a warm welcome to the Moroccan Monarch, and highlighted that his visit will “give a new impetus” to the relations between the two countries.

More than 180,000 people participated in a spontaneous popular march Tuesday in the southern city of Laayoune to denounce the verbal blunders of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the issue of the Moroccan Sahara.