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00:00Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Mediain TV.
00:20Thank you for joining us for a new newscast.
00:22Here are the headlines.
00:23France reiterates its support for the sovereignty of Morocco over its Sahara,
00:29a position reaffirmed by the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs
00:33during an audition organized in front of the Commission of Foreign Affairs at the National Assembly.
00:40A hard blow for the global economy of many countries denounces
00:43the additional customs rights imposed by Donald Trump on the American market.
00:51The Alliance of States of the Sahel strengthens its cooperation with Moscow.
00:55France reiterates its support for the sovereignty of Morocco over its Sahara,
01:09a position reaffirmed by the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrault.
01:14A few months ago, we expressed our vision of the present and the future of the Sahara,
01:18which is part of Moroccan sovereignty.
01:21A few months ago, we expressed our vision of the present and the future of the Sahara,
01:29which is part of Moroccan sovereignty.
01:33A few months ago, we expressed our vision of the present and the future of the Sahara,
01:42which is part of Moroccan sovereignty.
01:49What we really said is that there are no realistic and credible solutions today,
01:54but this must now find a sustainable political solution that is mutually acceptable to the United Nations.
02:01We support UN efforts in view of this dialogue,
02:06and I will have the opportunity to talk about it in a few days with my Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita in Paris.
02:13The President of the Andean Parliament welcomes today the dynamic of socio-economic development
02:18that Morocco knows, especially in the southern provinces.
02:21Morocco is a miracle in terms of development on the continental level,
02:26and it is an example for the African countries, as stated in the press by Gustavo Pacheco-Bilar.
02:30The President of the Andean Parliament, accompanied by an important parliamentary delegation
02:34for a work visit in Morocco,
02:37has indicated that he has examined with Moroccan officials
02:39the means of consolidating cooperation between the two parties in various areas,
02:43especially in the social, economic, diplomatic and cultural areas.
02:53Morocco, as always, the Council of Governments has met today.
02:56A council marked by the examination and adoption of a law project
02:59related to school education,
03:01followed by a bill modifying the law on the creation of the OEFN.
03:07The Council then approved two bills,
03:10the first on pensions, invalidities or old age paid by the National Security Council,
03:15and the second on the application of certain provisions of the DAER
03:19relating to the social security regime.
03:26And by adopting the bill on pensions, invalidities or old age
03:29paid by the National Security Council,
03:31the government is doing justice to thousands of employees
03:34who, for one reason or another,
03:36have not been able to reach the required number of days to benefit from a pension.
03:40Here are the explanations of the government spokesman, Mustafa Baytas.
03:47On Thursday, April 3, the government made a commitment
03:50taken as part of the social dialogue.
03:54Indeed, the adoption of the decree on pensions,
03:57invalidities or old age paid by the National Security Council
04:00marks a significant step forward
04:02and implements the commitment made to social partners
04:05which was signed into law on April 30, 2022.
04:13Thanks to this decree,
04:15employees who have paid at least 1320 days to the National Security Council
04:19will now be able to benefit from a pension
04:23By adopting the decree on pensions, invalidities or old age
04:26paid by the National Security Council,
04:29the government is doing justice to thousands of employees
04:32who, for one reason or another,
04:34have not been able to reach the required number of days to benefit from a pension.
04:42The FMI is granting a new line of credit to Morocco
04:45worth 4.5 billion dollars.
04:48The board of directors has just approved
04:50this two-year agreement to be used in the event of a crisis.
04:53To find out more, we are live from Zakaria Firano,
04:56professor of economics at the University of Mohamed V in Rabat.
04:59Good evening.
05:01Good evening, thank you for the invitation.
05:03Thank you for answering our questions.
05:05First of all, why do you think the government
05:08has felt the need to re-conduct for the second time in a row
05:11this line of modular credit proposed by the FMI?
05:15Very well.
05:16The government has decided to re-conduct this line of credit
05:19after the reversal of 2023 for two essential reasons.
05:22First, we are in an uncertain situation.
05:25We don't know what will happen in the future,
05:27that is to say, the next two years,
05:29which will mainly come with the various problems
05:31that we find at the international level.
05:33So here, first of all, we have a trade war
05:35that is beginning to be triggered
05:37between the various international partners,
05:39the United States, Europe, China and several Asian countries,
05:43with the issue of customs and protectionism
05:46that is becoming more and more acute.
05:48And secondly, we have not yet reached a certain resolution
05:52of the issue that caused the inflation of the Ukrainian war with Russia.
05:56And so, automatically, we are still in this increased uncertainty
05:59at the international level.
06:01All the more so because the economic growth
06:03in Morocco is still at a standstill.
06:05We are not able to have a growth rate that exceeds 4%.
06:08And so, we are afraid that next year and the year after
06:11will also be marked by drought
06:13and by a decline in the agricultural growth rate.
06:16So, in these conditions, and with all this uncertainty
06:19and the logic that we should consolidate
06:21and also prevent the balance of payments
06:23against any fluctuation that may affect
06:25the external balances of Morocco.
06:27And so, the modular line,
06:29the modular credit line,
06:31with its current version,
06:33will also be a guarantee for Morocco
06:36if tomorrow we plan to go out to the international level
06:38to have a debt.
06:40This will allow, first of all, to consolidate
06:42Morocco's position at the international level
06:44and with multilateral banks and fund borrowers
06:47at the international level,
06:48but it will also reduce the cost of financing
06:51and the risk premiums that are attributed
06:53to this type of financing.
06:55And we experienced, I think, a few days ago,
06:57this reality.
06:58So, Morocco went out to the international level
07:00to demand almost 2 billion or 2.2 billion dollars.
07:04We have received, I would say,
07:06demands that amounted to more than 6 billion dollars.
07:10But what is most important
07:11is that we have had risk premiums
07:13that were at 40 to 50 points of base,
07:15lower than the international average.
07:17Which means that this line of 4.5 billion
07:20precautionary measures will give
07:22a certainty for Morocco,
07:23a certain conformity,
07:25that the Moroccan economy, in its perspective,
07:27over two years and even more,
07:29is an economy in which we should have confidence.
07:31And above all, it allows us to consolidate
07:33the position taken by Moudiz,
07:35in the latest evaluation,
07:37which gave Morocco, I would say,
07:39an investment grade
07:41that allows to maintain this confidence
07:43at the international level.
07:45Especially since this line of precautionary measures
07:47or of modular credit,
07:49it will also allow to strengthen
07:51the position of exchange reserves
07:53with the Central Bank and also
07:55the Ministry of Finance.
07:56And so, automatically,
07:57it will allow to consolidate our position
07:59and to strengthen the idea
08:01that Morocco has a very resilient economy
08:03at the international level.
08:05And it will allow to reassure
08:07the international investors,
08:09especially since Morocco is preparing
08:11very important economic strategies
08:14in light of the 2030 World Cup
08:16and the different investments
08:18that are being implemented.
08:20And so, as I said earlier,
08:22the 4.5 billion dollars
08:24is not normally a credit,
08:26it is a modular line of precaution.
08:28But its advantage is that it can be mobilized
08:30at any time,
08:32in very advantageous conditions
08:34for the Moroccan economy.
08:36And so, the government will be able to,
08:38I would say, breathe a sigh of relief
08:40after this agreement,
08:42which will allow to renew,
08:44or I would say to strengthen,
08:46the confidence vis-à-vis the Moroccan economy.
08:48So, according to the statement
08:50of the International Monetary Fund,
08:52the Moroccan authorities have declared
08:54their intention to use this new agreement
08:56as a precautionary measure.
08:58So, in your opinion,
09:00what could push Morocco to use it?
09:04Very well.
09:05Well, I think that the conjunction
09:07will be a conjunction,
09:09especially at the international level.
09:11So, let's not forget that in 2023,
09:13when we had the opportunity
09:15to have this line of modular credit,
09:17be careful, we must remember that
09:19not all countries can have access to it.
09:21We must have a resilient economy,
09:23an economy that has gone through
09:25crisis situations where there was
09:27an efficiency of economic policies
09:29as was the case for Morocco
09:31when we went through the crisis of COVID-19
09:33and also the inflationary crisis.
09:35And so, that allowed us to have confidence
09:37at the level of the EFIMI board.
09:39That allowed us to have the first line
09:41of 2023. I think that today
09:43we are in the same situation.
09:45That means we have a resilience
09:47that is approved by all bodies,
09:49but especially the EFIMI board.
09:51And so, this line can be mobilized
09:53if we return to an inflationary situation
09:55like that of 2022-2023.
09:57It is not far off,
09:59because as I said earlier,
10:01we are in the midst of a trade war
10:03that was triggered by the United States
10:05and the Trump administration.
10:07And it could have, I would say,
10:09repercussions on international trade
10:11and especially on inflation.
10:13And it will be one of the indicators,
10:15I would say, of the factors
10:17that will push, that can push
10:19the government to mobilize
10:21this line of modular credit.
10:23The second reason is in fact
10:25that it is international,
10:27so no one knows what will happen
10:29at the international level,
10:31especially with the different geopolitical problems,
10:33whether in the Middle East,
10:35whether in Europe,
10:37and also in other regions,
10:39I would say, of the globe.
10:41And so automatically having this line
10:43during the two years of uncertainty
10:45will allow to consolidate,
10:47I would say, confidence
10:49in relation to any exit
10:51of the Moroccan economy
10:53that will affect the balance of payments.
10:55In the end, the Moroccan authorities
10:57have shown their ambition
10:59to gradually reduce
11:01access to these financial instruments
11:03of the IMF. Why is this important?
11:05And what are the disadvantages
11:07in contrast to these lines of modular credit?
11:09Very well.
11:11Well, I specified earlier
11:13that the line of modular credit
11:15is an evolution for Morocco's
11:17lending capacity and especially
11:19its position in relation to the IMF.
11:21There are countries that have access
11:23to this line of modular credit for two reasons.
11:25This line can be mobilized
11:27at any time, unconditionally.
11:29And secondly, you don't have to
11:31respect all the sometimes heavy
11:33conditions imposed by the IMF,
11:35so it facilitates the mobilization
11:37in terms of liquidity of this
11:39modular line of credit.
11:41Now, the risks that are inherent,
11:43I think that first it will depend
11:45on the conjuncture of its mobilization.
11:47Sometimes interest rates are very high
11:49in the line of modular credit.
11:51There are interest rates that are a little
11:53higher than the average
11:55of international debt.
11:57But what is most important for Morocco
11:59is that Morocco sometimes and always
12:01uses these lines of credit
12:03to be able to reassure
12:05on the international market.
12:07I specified earlier that before
12:09we had the agreement of the IMF
12:11or its board today,
12:13we have, a priori, managed to have
12:15international debt
12:17at a multilateral level.
12:19We were able to have 2.2 billion dollars
12:21and this allows us to consolidate
12:23the position that has just been taken
12:25by the IMF board that Morocco
12:27has a certain illegitimacy
12:29at the international level,
12:31a confidence in relation to
12:33any exit at the international level.
12:35Now, the risk is that if there is
12:37an unfavorable conjuncture of crisis
12:39that affects the balance of payments,
12:41it means that it will affect
12:43either the commercial balance
12:45which will be necessary to be mobilized
12:47at the level of the IMF
12:49and automatically it will be to solve
12:51a crisis that is sometimes a crisis
12:53of exchange or a twin crisis.
12:55That means crises that can affect
12:57public or commercial deficits.
12:59So automatically, if we mobilize
13:01this line of credit
13:03in extreme situations, interest rates
13:05can sometimes be higher
13:07than the average internationally.
13:09But in extreme conditions
13:11or in international stress conditions,
13:13this typology of the line of credit
13:15is sometimes the ultimate solution
13:17to be able to solve
13:19something that is sometimes
13:21extreme and systemic.
13:23Well, thank you
13:25Zakaria Firano for all these details.
13:27I remind you that you are a professor of economics
13:29at the Université Mohamed V in Rabat.
13:33We continue this news
13:35with the Royal Academy of Morocco
13:37and the French Academy of Medicine
13:39who organized this Thursday
13:41in Paris, the French-Moroccan
13:43Health Day. Many experts
13:45and professors specialized in the field of hospitals
13:47and training took part in it.
13:49And on this occasion, Professor Najiah Jassouni,
13:51Dean of the College of Health
13:53at the UIR, received a medal
13:55as an associate member of the French Academy
13:57of Medicine and two institutions also
13:59signed yesterday a framework agreement
14:01of cooperation aimed at promoting
14:03partnerships and exchanges between
14:05the two academies, hospitals,
14:07medical faculties and research institutions.
14:15The President of the House of Representatives
14:17pleaded today in Granada in favor
14:19of a balanced partnership between Morocco and Europe
14:21in order to face the common challenge.
14:23Rachid Talbi Alami spoke
14:25at a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly
14:27of the Union for the Mediterranean.
14:29According to the Moroccan leader,
14:31Europe remains a strategic partner
14:33for Morocco and calls on both parties
14:35to develop a more balanced partnership.
14:41Many countries are denouncing
14:43the new customs rights imposed by Donald Trump.
14:45The main trade partners of the United States
14:47have globally temporized
14:49today in the face of the new prices
14:51which have caused a wave of panic on the markets.
14:53The new customs rights announced by the
14:55American president are particularly
14:57punitive for countries specialized
14:59in the textile industry, namely China,
15:01which will suffer a total of more than 54%
15:03of taxes on its products,
15:05Cambodia more than 49%,
15:07Vietnam more than 46%
15:09or Bangladesh more than 37%.
15:15Morocco is not spared
15:17by the new customs rights
15:19announced by Donald Trump.
15:21Moroccan products will now be taxed
15:23up to 10% when they enter the American market.
15:25Explanations with Dina Mbreni.
15:29It's a thunderbolt on the international
15:31economic scene.
15:33All products imported to the United States
15:35from more than 180 countries
15:37will be subject to massive customs rights.
15:39These new taxes vary
15:41between 10 and 49%
15:43depending on the countries
15:45and their degree of commercial reciprocity
15:47vis-à-vis American products.
15:49A decision that
15:51redraws the contours of global trade.
15:53If Morocco is not
15:55among the most targeted countries,
15:57it is still not spared.
15:59Moroccan products will therefore
16:01be subject to what Washington
16:03qualifies as reciprocal taxation,
16:05i.e. a minimum rate of 10%.
16:07It is a level considered
16:09as aligned with the
16:11current rights applied by Morocco
16:13on American products.
16:15A measure that risks
16:17weakening some Moroccan exporters
16:19already facing
16:21a slowdown in global demand.
16:23Compared to its Maghreb neighbors,
16:25Morocco benefits
16:27from a more lenient treatment.
16:29Tunisia will now face
16:31a 28% tax
16:33and Algeria a 30%.
16:35These rates reflect,
16:37according to the Trump administration,
16:39a lack of tariff reciprocity.
16:41In this context,
16:43the 10% tax imposed on Morocco
16:45can be interpreted as a tacit recognition
16:47of the relative commercial openness
16:49of Morocco vis-à-vis the United States.
16:51But it is still
16:53not free of consequences.
16:55Several sectors of Moroccan exports,
16:57notably in agriculture,
16:59textile or industrial components,
17:01could see their competitiveness
17:03eroded on the American market.
17:05Let us recall that in 2024,
17:07the United States and Morocco
17:09recorded a significant
17:11commercial imbalance
17:13in favor of the United States.
17:15American exports to Morocco
17:17reached $5.3 billion,
17:19i.e. 37.3%,
17:21while imports
17:23from Morocco
17:25were limited to $1.9 billion,
17:27i.e. 12.3%.
17:29The US Secretary of State
17:31reassures Europeans
17:33but confirms
17:35that they will have to pay more
17:37on the occasion of a meeting
17:39of the foreign ministers of NATO.
17:41Marco Rubio reiterated
17:43the support of the United States
17:45to the alliance,
17:47despite the concerns
17:49of a possible American disengagement.
17:51The United States is as active
17:53within NATO as it has ever been.
17:55Part of the hysteria and hyperbole
17:57of the United States about NATO
17:59is not justified.
18:05Syrian authorities
18:07accuse Israel of wanting
18:09to destabilize Syria.
18:11A series of Israeli strikes
18:13destroyed a military airport
18:15and killed 13 people in the south of the country.
18:17This unjustified escalation
18:19constitutes a premeditated attempt
18:21to destabilize Syria.
18:23The Israeli aviation
18:25launched a military strike
18:27targeting a military research center
18:29in Damascus,
18:31the military airport
18:33in the city of Hama
18:35and a military air base
18:37in the province of Homs.
18:39The Israeli offensive
18:41intensified in the Gaza Strip
18:43with new murderous strikes.
18:45Negotiations are still at an impasse.
18:47As a result, the humanitarian situation
18:49on the ground continues to deteriorate.
18:51Explanations with Rashid Farhan.
18:53Israel continues to shake the Gaza Strip.
18:55Israel claims to want to expand
18:57its control
18:59over strategic areas
19:01while Palestinian civilians
19:03pay a heavy price.
19:05This time, a military operation
19:07was carried out by Israel
19:09in two distinct strikes
19:11on residences in Khan Younes
19:13and Nusayrat.
19:15Many displaced families
19:17were trapped under the bombings.
19:19We were surprised
19:21at 11.15 at night.
19:23We were surprised
19:25at 23.15 by the bombings.
19:27God saved us.
19:29Praise to God in all circumstances,
19:31in good and bad times.
19:33The situation is very difficult.
19:35People in all tents were frightened.
19:37People were running.
19:39Women and children were screaming.
19:41Military escalation
19:43is accompanied by a deterioration
19:45of the humanitarian situation.
19:47Negotiation attempts
19:49to put out the fire
19:51are also at a standstill.
19:53Hamas has rejected
19:55a new Israeli proposal
19:57to reestablish a truce,
19:59accusing Israel
20:01of blocking all progress
20:03proposed by Egyptian
20:05and Qatari mediators.
20:07The Secretary General
20:09is profoundly alarmed
20:11by the human assessment
20:13of the intensified hostilities
20:15He is mourning the murder
20:17of more than 1,000 people
20:19since the ceasefire was broken.
20:23As the strikes continue
20:25and the talks escalate,
20:27Gaza is increasingly plunged
20:29into violence
20:31without an immediate perspective
20:33of peace for civilians.
20:37Russia and the United States
20:39of the Sahel are congratulating
20:41the strengthening of their cooperation
20:43during a meeting
20:45with representatives
20:47of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.
20:49The head of Russian diplomacy
20:51assured that Moscow was ready
20:53to do everything possible
20:55to help the EU.
20:57Composed of Mali,
20:59Burkina Faso and Niger,
21:01the Alliance of the States of the Sahel
21:03is turning to Russia.
21:05The head of Russian diplomacy,
21:07Sergei Lavrov,
21:09said that Russia is ready
21:11to implement its priorities,
21:13including those related
21:15to security and defense.
21:21Russia will continue
21:23the delivery of military equipment.
21:25This is a necessary measure
21:27to create armed forces
21:29in the framework of the trilateral format.
21:31Russian military experts
21:33can contribute to the development
21:35of a program aimed at equipping
21:37these armed forces with specific
21:39types of weapons and equipment.
21:43According to Lavrov,
21:45military cooperation
21:47is taking place actively
21:49and is intensifying,
21:51especially with Mali.
21:53In August 2024,
21:55the country had broken
21:57its relations with Ukraine
21:59due to the involvement,
22:01according to Bamako,
22:03of Kiev in heavy defeats
22:05of the Malian army
22:07We have a common understanding
22:09of the fight against terrorism,
22:11the insecurity in our space,
22:13terrorism that is supported
22:15by foreign state sponsors,
22:17including regional actors,
22:19actors in our space,
22:21who continue to serve
22:23as a background
22:25and to support terrorism,
22:27which must be fought.
22:31Diop announced that
22:33the president of Mali,
22:35would go to Moscow in June
22:37for an official visit.
22:39The head of the Nigerian diplomacy,
22:41Bakary Aousangar,
22:43saluted a historic event
22:45that marks a turning point,
22:47assuring that having Russia
22:49on their side to fight
22:51against terrorism
22:53means a lot for the three
22:55Sahelian countries.
22:57In Algeria, Darbeida's parquet
22:59called for the condemnation
23:01of Boalem Sansal.
23:03He announced that his client
23:05had appealed, saying that
23:07this did not prevent him from
23:09thanking him if he gave up.
23:11The Algerian writer could be
23:13released on a penalty reduction
23:15in appeal, a scenario that
23:17does not separate several lawyers.
23:19And as part of the project
23:21Mali Culture 2025,
23:23several actions are planned,
23:25including a conference on
23:27themes related to culture,
23:29kinship and traditions.
23:31Amid Danyoko, from Bamako.
23:33At the University of Yombo-Wologem,
23:35in an amphitheatre full of students,
23:37the filmmaker and woman of culture,
23:39Fatoumata Koulibaly,
23:41a marine of Sumo,
23:43has given assistance
23:45on the role of citizenship
23:47in the preservation of cultural values,
23:49especially for young people.
23:51We had to speak to young people,
23:53so that they know that
23:55they can become good citizens
23:57one day, starting now,
23:59because, well,
24:01it's not to criticize our teachers,
24:03but I think we don't talk about it
24:05much in our institutions.
24:07We have to talk about it
24:09in our national languages,
24:11in all the national languages of
24:13the youth, so that they know
24:15who they are, where they come from,
24:17not to dominate their ethnicity,
24:19not to dominate their country.
24:21This series of monthly conferences
24:23is part of a larger program
24:25of the Department of Culture,
24:27organized by the President of the Transition,
24:29who has decreed 2025
24:31as the Year of Culture.
24:33It's about making sure
24:35that no one is left out.
24:37And together,
24:39we will see
24:41how to make this project
24:43a real project
24:45of social construction
24:47and social
24:49and economic transformation.
24:51So the expectations are huge.
24:53These are skilled students
24:55who are now aware
24:57of their role for a Malikoura
24:59who have left the classroom.
25:01With our cultural values,
25:03without distinction,
25:05and the theme of cultural renaissance
25:07for us, the students,
25:09the cultural education
25:11that we have at home
25:13before coming to school,
25:15to university,
25:17and our five androgynous values
25:19in Mali.
25:21Repositioning Mali as a world cultural reference,
25:23revitalizing its cultural heritage
25:25is among other objectives
25:27of the Mali 2025
25:29Culture project.
25:31This is the end of this newscast.
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