2024-07-30 16:02:13
It was a highly anticipated gesture in Morocco, which also worsened relations between France and Algeria. Tuesday July 30, Emmanuel Macron sent a letter to King Mohammed VI in which he confirmed that “The present and future of the Western Sahara is part of the Moroccan political system”.
Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, is mainly controlled by Morocco but contested by the Sahrawi separatists of the Polisario Front, supported by Algiers, who demand self-determination. “Non-Self-Governing Community”according to the UN, it has had no legal status since the Spanish left in 1976.
Without clearly knowing them “Moroccanness” from Western Sahara, Emmanuel Macron expressed support from Paris «to the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco in 2007″, which is known as “the only basis for achieving a just, lasting and negotiated political solution”.
“Immediate withdrawal” of the Algerian ambassador in Paris
This post, on the day of the anniversary of the throne of Mohammed VI twenty-five years ago, comes after months of intense exchanges and ministerial visits to Rabat, aimed at rebuilding a relationship damaged due to the process of closeness with Algiers wanted by Emmanuel Macron. “This ad (…) is a significant and important development in support of the Moroccan government on the Sahara”welcomes the Moroccan royal family.
The French revolution, on the other hand, provoked the anger of the Sahrawi diplomacy, which it accused Paris of supporting now. “Violence and illegal violence of Western Sahara”. As for Algeria, he announced the “Remove immediately” from his representative in Paris.
If that’s the case “the angry ones are behind”, Rabat said, so they came with Algiers. According to the Algerian information site TSA, which anticipates a “a new diplomatic battle”The state visit by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to Paris, scheduled for the end of September, may be called into question again.
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