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Spotlight | Morocco
Guigou strives to improve Paris-Rabat ties

Considered to be among Morocco's "best friends" in France's Socialist Party, Elisabeth Guigou is doing her utmost to put paid to a diplomatic crisis that has poisoned relations between Paris and Rabat. According to our sources, the former justice minister [...]

Published on 08/01/2015 at 23:01 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Spotlight | Morocco
Guigou strives to improve Paris-Rabat ties

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