King Mohammed VI sent a congratulation message to Miguel Diaz-Canel who was elected President of the Republic of Cuba, saying that Morocco is willing to open a new page with Cuba. In June 2017, King Mohammed VI has appointed Boughaleb El Attar as Morocco’s first ambassador to Cuba in decades. The resumption of Moroccan-Cuban relations, which opens a new era for the two countries, comes after the private visit paid by King Mohammed VI to Cuba last year. It was the Moroccan monarch’s first visit to the country since his enthronement in 1999 and the first ever made by a Moroccan king. Since then, Cuba has been providing the Polisario militias with military, vocational and educational training and was regarded as one of the separatists’ strategic bastions.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 22, 2018 10:41 UTC