Several Moroccan media outlets reported that King Mohammed VI would attend the 28th Arab Summit, to be held in Jordan’s capital Amman. The news about the King’s participation in the Arab Summit also came after the visit by King Abdullah II of Jordan to Morocco. Morocco’s foreign minister is already in Amman where he took part in a preparatory meeting of Arab foreign ministers for the summit. Morocco’s foreign policy pivot to Africa came after frustration with Arab common action and the paralysis in the Maghreb integration. In 2016, Morocco’s foreign ministry issued a statement explaining the reasons for Morocco’s refusal to host the Arab Summit.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 28, 2017 15:45 UTC