Foreign relations between the Argentine Republic and the

Kingdom of Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

, have existed for over half a century. Both countries are full members of the

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History

Argentina recognized Morocco's independence in 1956. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1960. Argentina was one of the first countries recognizing Morocco's independence in 1956.

Western Sahara issue

In 2003, former president of Argentina

Eduardo Duhalde Eduardo Alberto Duhalde (; born 5 October 1941) is an Argentine Peronist politician who served as the interim President of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003. He also served as Vice President and Governor of Buenos Aires in the 1990s. Bor ...

, renewed Buenos Aires' backing to Morocco's territorial integrity. In this era of globalisation, Argentina would not tolerate separatism and the creation of microscopic entities, the Argentine president said at a meeting in Buenos Aires with Ahmed Kadiri, vice-speaker of the Moroccan chamber of advisors, upper house of parliament. Argentine ambassador in Morocco, Edgardo Piuzzi, in 2003 said that his country does not recognize Polisario and has always denounced the situation in Tindouf camps, in South Western Algeria. In an interview published by the Moroccan daily in Arabic Assahraa Al Maghribia, the Argentine diplomat termed as shameful the detention of Moroccan prisoners in Tindouf camps, for more than twenty five years, adding that Argentina has always upheld a clear stance: The Sahara is indubitably Moroccan.

Economic relations

Morocco and Argentina signed in Rabat (2000) three major agreements on trade, fisheries and cooperation between the Moroccan Export Promotion Center (CMPE) and Argentine counterpart. The documents were initialed by foreign affairs minister Mohamed Benaissa and external relations minister of Argentina during the closing ceremony held in Rabat. Benaissa noted that the commission works were successful with the adoption of a large number of projects in the sectors of agriculture, fishery, housing, city planning, energy and mines, industry, equipment, tourism, investment, culture, education, scientific research and vocational training. In 2016, Argentine exports to Morocco amounted to US$368.7 million and Moroccan exports to Argentina amounted to US$107.4 million.

Resident diplomatic missions

* Argentina has an embassy in

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

. * Morocco has an embassy in Buenos Aires.

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