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00:00Welcome everyone, thank you for joining us in this new edition of the Média1 TV news, here are the headlines.
00:25In Morocco, to face drought, the government announced a series of measures supporting farmers' measures on food and animal health.
00:41Donald Trump has launched sanctions against the International Criminal Court. The American president has signed a banning decree, including the entry to the United States of these leaders, employees and agents.
00:57Promoting a parliamentary network for a stable, integrated and prosperous Atlantic Africa, the theme of the meeting of the presidents of the parliaments of the African-Atlantic states, organized in Rabat, we will talk about it in a moment.
01:14We open this edition with the Saudi health authorities, which have decided to suspend the obligation of vaccination against meningitis for people wishing to perform the rites of the Umrah.
01:33This is what was announced this Friday in a statement by the Moroccan Ministry of Health and Social Protection. It is no longer mandatory to suspend the justification of vaccination against meningitis to be able to perform the rites of the Umrah.
01:50In Saudi Arabia, however, the ministry recommends that people wishing to perform the Umrah should be vaccinated, given the effectiveness of the vaccine in the prevention against meningitis. The vaccine against this disease remains available in health centers in all regions and provinces of the kingdom.
02:16The Minister of Health and Social Protection also indicated this Thursday that his department has adopted a multiaxial plan to curb the spread of meningitis.
02:30This plan focuses on the extension of the national vaccination campaign as well as the vaccination catch-up. At a press conference, Amine Tahraoui reviewed the state of the disease in Morocco and the strategy adopted to deal with it. I invite you to listen to the government spokesman, Mustafa Beytas.
02:54At the government council, we focused on the spread of the measures taken by the government to deal with the virus of meningitis. The Minister of Health presented a complete assessment of the situation, stating that the ministry has started a strategy focused on the extension and expansion of the vaccination campaign as well as the vaccination catch-up.
03:18This allowed us to assess the vaccination situation of more than 8,880,000 children under the age of 18. The Minister of Health also stated that the ministry has led campaigns and multiplied the means of detection of meningitis by setting up rapid intervention services in the most vulnerable regions, in addition to providing the necessary medicines and medical tools to quickly take care of emergency cases.
03:45In addition, the ministry launched national awareness campaigns to encourage citizens to get vaccinated. The ministry also established and activated a set of partnerships with various health actors for an effective vaccination campaign.
04:03The government has announced a series of measures to support farmers. These measures concern food and animal health.
04:30The government is mobilizing for farmers. This support from the Ministry of Agriculture for the year 2025, in particular, is based on aid for animal feeding. The ministry will make available and subsidize seeds selected from cereals from autumn, up to about 1.3 million quintals. The aid also concerns the supply and support of nitrogen fertilizers of nearly 200,000 tonnes.
05:00During this meeting, we discussed the challenges faced by the agricultural sector and coordinated with professionals and heads of state to find solutions to ensure the supply of agricultural products from the national market, despite the repercussions of successive years of drought.
05:19As a reminder, the agricultural campaign in progress has been marked by low rainfall compared to the national average in the last 30 years. The Minister of Agriculture has announced that a program has been developed to support the sector of animal production, including feeding, through the provision of subsidized fodder for farmers, in addition to technical training.
05:46This year is particularly difficult with the delay in rain and the strong heat that has impacted production. Despite this, we are doing everything we can to maintain reasonable prices. We hope for better production by Ramadan.
06:04The objective of this support to farmers is to improve the productivity of sheep and goats in the medium term, as well as animal health and solidarity agriculture oriented towards farming. This aid from the ministry also aims to support the conservation of reproductive females to reconstitute the shepherd.
06:32The International has not launched sanctions against the International Criminal Court, this Friday attracting congratulations from Israel. According to the text broadcast yesterday by La Maison Blanche, the court has engaged in illegal actions and without basis against America and our close ally Israel.
06:53References to the investigations of the International Criminal Court on war crimes presumed by American soldiers in Afghanistan and Israeli military in the Gaza Strip.
07:03In Gaza, the American president blames the CPI for having carried out illegal actions, including signing a banning decree to enter the United States.
07:13To these leaders, employees and agents in a statement, the Judicial Institution based in La Haye condemns this decree which aims, according to it, to impose sanctions on its officials and to harm its independent and impartial judicial work.
07:28In the news also, Beijing said this Friday deeply deplored the withdrawal of Panama from the Chinese infrastructure project of the new Silk Road, decided after the visit of the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Central America,
07:48the central axis of the Chinese strategy to increase its influence abroad. This project, to which more than a hundred countries have joined, aims in particular to build road and railway maritime infrastructures, mainly in developing nations.
08:09The Panamanian president announced yesterday the withdrawal of Panama from the Chinese infrastructure project of the new Silk Road.
08:20We continue this news with the meeting of the presidents of the parliaments of the African-Atlantic states, which took place this Thursday at the seat of the Arab Chamber of Representatives for Morocco.
08:36The inter-parliamentary action is a major lever to develop and implement a common vision of the African-Atlantic space.
08:47In a speech addressed to the president and representatives of the African-Atlantic parliaments, the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed the importance of parliamentary action as a fundamental tool to promote an Atlantic African identity.
09:04It also allows the strategic interests of the countries of the region to be defended in one voice. The goal is to infinitely transform challenges into opportunities for shared prosperity.
09:16Presidents and representatives of the African parliaments congratulated each other on this meeting, which is part of the right-of-way of the process of the Atlantic African states launched in 2022.
09:29This meeting offers a great opportunity to exchange our points of view on the Atlantic initiative in favor of the Sahel countries.
09:35The main objective is to find solutions to the many challenges, especially in the economic and peace-related areas.
09:42I hope there will be other meetings to deepen our reflections on the subject.
09:47Parliamentarians highlighted the strategic and multidimensional vocation of the initiative of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI to facilitate the access of the Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean.
10:00We must salute the initiative of His Majesty Mohammed VI, the King of Morocco, a great visionary.
10:08This ingenious idea of paving the façade of the Atlantic, which brings together all the river countries of the Atlantic, is still an effort to bring together the efforts of all Africans.
10:25This meeting aims to strengthen the inter-parliamentary dialogue in Atlantic Africa.
10:30The goal is to support the process of the Atlantic African states in order to establish the foundations of a parliamentary network dedicated to Atlantic Africa.
10:40The meeting of the presidents of the parliaments of the Atlantic African states is also intended to promote parliamentary coordination around common issues in terms of sustainable management of maritime security, investment and regional integration.
10:58Direction Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan.
11:02At the margin of the Investment Forum, the Moroccan Confederation of Exporters is organizing a B2B mission.
11:11The objective is to strengthen trade between Morocco and the Ivory Coast in several strategic sectors.
11:17This is a report signed by Mel Berchel and Herman Douko.
11:22In a context of globalization where economic cooperation plays a key role, strengthening trade between African countries is a priority.
11:31It is in this perspective that a B2B mission is organized in Abidjan, at the margin of the Moroccan Agro-Industrial Investment Forum.
11:38At the initiative of the Moroccan Confederation of Exporters, this mission aims to offer a framework conducive to trade and the emergence of new business opportunities between the two countries.
11:50A study has shown that there are more than 100 industrial value chains that can be manufactured in Africa without going through other continents such as Europe.
12:00There is an expertise in the Moroccan industry, there is raw material at the level of the Ivory Coast, so the idea is why not create industries here.
12:11Our economic diplomacy is fully mobilized according to the instructions of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI,
12:19to root out Moroccan companies in a mutually advantageous South-South cooperation policy and win-win as we said earlier,
12:28because we do not have this vision of coming to take the markets, but above all to take advantage of the markets of our expertise and of everything that Morocco has acquired.
12:40For the Ivory Coast, this meeting represents a major opportunity to expand its commercial network and to support the growth of its SMEs thanks to exchanges with Moroccan exporters and investors.
12:52More than 50 Moroccan companies collaborate today with Ivorian partners in the framework of 160 structural projects, including the valorization of the Crocodile Bay.
13:06This dynamic is all the more supported by the mechanisms that facilitate investment,
13:12in particular the non-double-imposition convention that favors commercial and financial flows between our two nations.
13:21We have raw materials here, they also have technology, they have raw materials, we also have a certain technology here,
13:28so I think this exchange can contribute to promoting our cultures and also strengthen the links between Africans.
13:39By consolidating the links between the economic actors of the two countries, this B2B mission illustrates the common will of Morocco and the Ivory Coast to build a sustainable and mutually beneficial partnership.
13:51Yesterday, the President of the Moroccan Royal Football Federation visited the Mahmoud V Sports Complex in Casablanca.
13:58This visit allowed those responsible to carry out a thorough inspection of the facilities of the Mahmoud V Complex, one of the most emblematic stadiums in the Kingdom.
14:09The objective is to focus on the state of infrastructure, maintenance work and improvements necessary to meet international standards.
14:19Among the points discussed is the improvement of the floor, the level of the stands and sanitary facilities, as well as the optimization of access for spectators.
14:32Let's listen to the President of the Moroccan Royal Football Federation, Fawzi Lakhjar.
14:38Thanks to God, the renovation work is at a very advanced stage. There are only a few weeks left before their completion.
14:49The Mahmoud V Complex will open its doors later, at the end of next March, in a new screen.
14:57A screen that corresponds to the city of Casablanca, to the fans of the world class that are those of Raja and Wydad.
15:06This renovated stadium also corresponds to the greatness of its institutions and to the development of Moroccan football and national sport in general.
15:16The complex has been redeveloped in order to bring its capacity to more than 44,000 spectators and has been equipped with all modern facilities,
15:27especially in the changing rooms, the press stand and various spaces for the fluid access of the public.
15:33This is the guest of the major newspaper of the half-day of Mediantv.
15:46China is deploring this morning the withdrawal from Panama of the Chinese project of the new Silk Road,
15:54a decision that would have been taken, according to Beijing, under the pressure of US President Donald Trump.
16:02To talk about this huge Chinese project and its impact on the member states and also on Morocco, we meet live from Casablanca
16:13Mr. Mohamed Benjgroun, Professor of Economics and Management at South Europe College.
16:19Hello Mohamed Benjgroun and thank you for accepting our invitation.
16:26Thank you very much for the invitation. It is an honor to be with you today. Thank you.
16:31First of all, to start, a first word to enlighten us on this great project of the new Silk Road.
16:46The new Silk Road is a pharaonic project that was launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, announced in Kazakhstan.
16:56The idea is to link China to the rest of the world via three major infrastructures, rail, maritime and land.
17:05This project will link China to Southeast Asia, Russia, Central Europe, Western Europe and also to East Africa and North Africa.
17:17It is a project that has a political, economic and geostrategic influence.
17:28The idea is that China can have a predation and commercial domination with a win-win approach with all the countries of the world.
17:44Mr. Benjgroun, regarding the commercial relations between Asia, Europe and Africa,
17:51we wonder if this Chinese project of pharaonic investment,
17:57has it really allowed the development of commercial links between Asia, Europe and Africa?
18:07Of course. It is undeniable that when a country signs a memorandum of understanding with China for this type of project,
18:19there are economic and commercial setbacks.
18:22Now, everything depends on the country's signatory.
18:24It is the country, depending on its strength of proposal, depending on its competitive advantage,
18:30depending on its requirements, to balance the balance.
18:34It is certain that China does not come here with a wish for charity, with a desire to help, without receiving.
18:40There is a desire for China, when it invests in Africa, to have a priority in the extraction of African natural resources,
18:50in relation to the fight for the Democratic Republic of Congo, for example.
18:53But it is up to the African and Asian countries to take advantage of this collaboration.
18:59It can be realized by financing, by financing infrastructure projects,
19:05by the implementation of Chinese factories in these countries, which will be realized by job creation.
19:13But it is true that there are countries that are so weak in terms of economic diplomacy,
19:20that they have seen themselves engulfed and dominated by this Chinese aura.
19:29So, the offer is interesting, the project is very interesting, it is inclusive.
19:35Now, once again, it is up to the countries, all the countries of Asia and Africa and Europe,
19:41to benefit from a form of adaptation in the negotiations with our Chinese giants.
19:47Precisely, let's talk about the economic benefits and setbacks.
19:52What are the economic and commercial setbacks in the countries that are signatories of this project?
19:59Are they tangible?
20:03So, the economic setbacks are specific to each country.
20:11Let's take the case of Sri Lanka, for example.
20:14In this collaboration with China, Sri Lanka was able to inaugurate a port,
20:21with Chinese financing as a loan.
20:25This allowed China to export its Chinese products to these countries
20:33and to be a transit in the South-East Asian basin.
20:38But on the other hand, Sri Lanka, as it was unable to repay the loan,
20:44saw its territory as a predation, a form of colonization of its port.
20:52China colonized the Sri Lankan port in response to Sri Lanka's inability to repay its debts.
21:02So, this is something that is very harmful for Sri Lanka.
21:06Other countries, with a much healthier and more thoughtful approach,
21:10have had positive setbacks.
21:12You know that Ethiopia is now one of the African economies with the highest growth rate.
21:18This is largely due to China's direct investment in Ethiopia,
21:24as a result of the signing of this treaty on the new Silk Road.
21:33So, the setbacks are different, the results are different.
21:38The ability to benefit is different now, but in general,
21:47there were business cases that were positive and others that were much less positive.
21:55Let's now talk about the withdrawal of Panama from this Chinese project.
22:02According to you, this withdrawal took place under pressure from US President Donald Trump.
22:10What do you think?
22:16Once he was elected, the first systemic adversary
22:23on which we must focus all our efforts to weaken its predation, domination and expansion is China.
22:32So, Donald Trump set himself the goal of diminishing the Chinese influence around the world.
22:39How? By installing tariff and non-tariff barriers,
22:44and by convincing and dissuading countries to sign the Memorandum of Understanding on the new Silk Road.
22:54Remember, the new Silk Road is a lever, a tool of domination,
23:05of geoeconomic, geopolitical and geostrategic influence of China.
23:12To counter this, Donald Trump will dissuade country after country,
23:18country after country that is a signatory of this Memorandum,
23:22to withdraw from this treaty and to get closer to the Anglo-Saxon.
23:28Before, there was Italy.
23:30Italy was the first country of the G7 to sign the Memorandum of Understanding of the Silk Road with China.
23:39With European and American influence, Italy withdrew from the agreement.
23:45Now, it's Panama.
23:47And certainly, there will be other countries, allied to the United States,
23:51that will be pressured to choose.
23:55We will live under Donald Trump's wing,
23:58a bipolarization that will be fragmented,
24:01cracked with a line to choose between the Chinese clan or the American clan.
24:08Donald Trump is in a harsh, offensive diplomacy,
24:12even under blackmail and intimidation.
24:16And I think that other countries will be under the same pressure
24:19as the one that was undertaken with Panama.
24:25So, now, let's talk about Morocco.
24:29The Kingdom has integrated this project in 2017.
24:32The first Maghreb country to join this initiative.
24:36What achievement and what assessment?
24:40With Morocco, right?
24:42Yes, exactly.
24:46Morocco actually signed this memorandum with China in 2017.
24:53And indeed, it took time for us to see some setbacks.
25:00You know, commercially,
25:03Morocco and China have never had a very close cooperation between these two countries.
25:11There has never been a strategic partnership or a privileged partnership.
25:16So, in fact, China needed time to know how the Moroccans functioned.
25:22China needed time to understand the requirements imposed by Morocco and vice versa.
25:29So, it took time to familiarize itself, to know each other.
25:32But now, we can say that the setbacks are interesting.
25:36You know, the installation of Goshen Hightech, the Gigafactory in Kenitra,
25:43is one of the concretizations of this economic and commercial rapprochement between China and Morocco.
25:51The project of Tangitech in Tangier
25:56saw the installation of more than twenty Chinese companies
26:00specializing in technology, specializing in electric batteries,
26:04specializing in renewable energies.
26:07And indeed, we saw them benefit from the transfer of technology and the creation of jobs.
26:12So, there are indeed interesting setbacks.
26:15We are not at our potential.
26:17The potential is enormous.
26:19And I think the future is ahead of us.
26:21Mr. Mohamed Bachroun, unfortunately, we are coming to the end of our section.
26:26Thank you for this clarification.
26:28Thank you for answering our questions.
26:30I remind you that you are a professor of economics and management at South Europe College.
26:38With pleasure. Thank you for the invitation.
26:43This is the end of this edition.
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