Moroccan, Omani Ministers Discuss Judicial Cooperation

Moroccan Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi held talks in Muscat Wednesday with his Omani counterpart Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Al Saidi (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Moroccan Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi held talks in Muscat Wednesday with his Omani counterpart Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Al Saidi (Asharq Al-Awsat)
TT

Moroccan, Omani Ministers Discuss Judicial Cooperation

Moroccan Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi held talks in Muscat Wednesday with his Omani counterpart Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Al Saidi (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Moroccan Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi held talks in Muscat Wednesday with his Omani counterpart Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Al Saidi (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Moroccan Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi held talks in Muscat Wednesday with his Omani counterpart Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saidi.

During the meeting, Ouahbi briefed the Omani Minister on the Moroccan experience and the comprehensive and deep reforms introduced by his country in the justice system.

He reviewed the important progress made by the Kingdom to achieve judicial reforms that enhance women’s and children’s rights, guarantee fair trials, and respect human rights.

For his part, the Omani Minister, in the presence of Morocco’s ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, Tarik El Hsissen, and the delegation accompanying the minister, highlighted the latest developments in the Omani justice system.

The two sides reviewed the bilateral relations between Oman and Morocco and they discussed several matters of mutual interest.

The Ministers agreed to exchange expertise and experiences between their ministries to draft joint agreements of cooperation in the field of justice.



Trump’s Middle East Envoy Says Progress Being Made on Israeli Hostages in Gaza

Smoke billows as buildings lie in ruin in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, January 7, 2025. (Reuters)
Smoke billows as buildings lie in ruin in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, January 7, 2025. (Reuters)
TT

Trump’s Middle East Envoy Says Progress Being Made on Israeli Hostages in Gaza

Smoke billows as buildings lie in ruin in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, January 7, 2025. (Reuters)
Smoke billows as buildings lie in ruin in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, January 7, 2025. (Reuters)

President-elect Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday he hopes to have good things to report about Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza by the time Trump is sworn in as president on Jan. 20.

Witkoff, at a press conference held by Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, said: "I'm really hopeful that by the inaugural we'll have some good things to announce on behalf of the President."

Republican Trump said of the Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas in the Oct. 7 2024 attack on Israel: "If the hostages are not back by the time I'm in office, all hell will break out in the Middle East, and it will not be good for Hamas, and it will not be good, frankly, for anyone."