Morocco–Russia relations
bilateral relations between Russia and Morocco
Morocco–Russia relations (Arabic: العلاقات المغربية الروسية, Russian: Российско-марокканские отношения) are the bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Russian Federation. Morocco has an embassy in Moscow, while Russia has an embassy in Rabat and a consulate general in Casablanca. Russia and Morocco currently enjoy a very good, rapidly improving relationship.
History
Imperial period
Bilateral relations between Russia and Morocco have traditionally been very good since the 18th century. Then the mutual relations began with the exchange of goods between the empires of Sultan Mohammed Ben Abdallah and Empress Catherine II. In 1897, the Russian Empire established a consulate in Tangier. In 1906, Arthur Cassini participated in the Algeciras Conference as the representative of the Russian Empire. The Russian delegation supported the French position unequivocally in the First Moroccan Crisis. In the late Tsarist years, Russia supported the French colonial position in Morocco.
Soviet period
In the course of the 1920s, the Soviet-sponsored Comintern supported Jacques Doriots' (then a communist) campaign against the French colonial presence in Morocco. Additionally, in the 1920s and the 1930s, the Soviet Union did not sign the Tangier Protocol.
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