France, Morocco discuss ways to calm row
Paris - France and Morocco were discussing ways to ease tension between both partners over allegation on human right abuse and freedom repression, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
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"We continue our close dialogue with the Moroccan authorities to overcome recent difficulties we had met in the spirit of trusting friendship between our two countries," ministry spokesman Roman Nadal said.
"The foreign ministers of the two countries held talks Tuesday ... to dispel misunderstandings, consider what steps should be taken and reaffirm the mutual attachment the exceptional partnership ties...," he added after a daily e-briefing.
In a rare diplomatic row between France and Morocco, Rabat on Thursday decided to suspend its judicial cooperation with its former colonial ruler to protest over allegations of human rights abuse.
The North African country, Paris's strong ally, also summoned the French ambassador on Saturday after French police went to the Moroccan embassy in Paris to question the head of the domestic intelligence over torture allegations, following lawsuits filed against him in France by Moroccan activists.
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"The foreign ministers of the two countries held talks Tuesday ... to dispel misunderstandings, consider what steps should be taken and reaffirm the mutual attachment the exceptional partnership ties...," he added after a daily e-briefing.
In a rare diplomatic row between France and Morocco, Rabat on Thursday decided to suspend its judicial cooperation with its former colonial ruler to protest over allegations of human rights abuse.
The North African country, Paris's strong ally, also summoned the French ambassador on Saturday after French police went to the Moroccan embassy in Paris to question the head of the domestic intelligence over torture allegations, following lawsuits filed against him in France by Moroccan activists.
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