Morocco–Poland relations

Morocco–Poland relations are bilateral relations between Morocco and Poland. Both nations are full members of the World Trade Organization, the Union for the Mediterranean and the United Nations.

History
There are several similarities between Morocco and Poland, as both countries were founded in the Middle Ages, both were middle powers in Northwest Africa and Central Europe, respectively, and both, at different times, rose to great power status,  yet for centuries there were no official relations given the separating distance. Polish Enlightenment writer and traveller Jan Potocki is considered the first Polish envoy to Morocco. Relations, however, were not developed, as Poland soon lost its independence due to the Partitions of Poland, a fate shared by Morocco in 1912. Following the restoration of independent Poland after World War I, an honorary consulate of Poland was located in Casablanca from 1931 to 1945.

Polish and Moroccan troops both fought against Nazi Germany in World War II. Moroccan prisoners of war were held by the Germans alike Polish and other Allied POWs in the Stalag II-B, Stalag II-D, Stalag VIII-C and Stalag XXI-A POW camps, located in Czarne, Stargard, Żagań and Ostrzeszów, respectively. Both Moroccan and Polish POWs were subjected to poor treatment by the Germans, who regarded them as "racially inferior". Poles and Moroccans were part of the large Allied coalition in the Battle of Monte Cassino of 1944.

Diplomatic relations were established in 1959, following the restoration of Moroccan independence. A cultural cooperation agreement between Morocco and Poland was signed in Rabat in 1969, replaced by a new agreement in 2013.

Modern relations
In 1994, a double tax avoidance agreement was signed between the two countries in Rabat.

In January 2010, Abbas El Fassi became the first Moroccan Prime Minister to pay an official visit to Poland. In April 2010, Abbas El Fassi attended the state funeral of Lech and Maria Kaczyński in Kraków despite the air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption.

One of the fields of cooperation between Poland and Morocco is archaeology. In 2022, Poles and Moroccans jointly discovered an ancient Roman observation tower in Volubilis, the first such tower to be discovered in Morocco.

Poland sent two rescue squads to help the relief operation after the 2023 Marrakesh–Safi earthquake in Morocco.

Diplomatic missions

 * Morocco has an embassy in Warsaw and an honorary consulate in Poznań.
 * Poland has an embassy in Rabat and an honorary consulate in Marrakesh.