One of the most important public interventions of the year, the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, He pointed to Spain and the United States as the main international backers of the plan for annexation and autonomy for the whole of Western Sahara. He did so this Saturday night in his official speech at the 20 August party, which marks the 69th anniversary of Morocco’s anti-colonial and independence process; and he referred to this precisely in a former Spanish province that the UN and a large part of the international community continue to take into account. pending decolonization and the right to self-determination.
Mohammed VI thanked Spain’s “clear and responsible” position on the “Moroccanness” of Western Sahara After the Pedro Sánchez Government’s support for the Moroccan autonomy plan last March, Madrid abandoned traditional submission to the Saharawi demands of the Polisario Front.
The king uttered the phrase “Moroccanness of the Sahara” six times as opposed to just twice the word “autonomy”. “We appreciate the open and responsible attitude of our neighbor Spain. He knows very well the origin and reality of this conflict.”, the monarch said at the beginning of his speech published by the official MAP agency. This address for Moroccan people has the highest corporate rank. This is the anniversary of the King and the People’s Revolution. It is the official name given to the people by the Alaouite monarchy. 1953 nationalist uprising against colonial authorities French
A few lines ago, he had indicated the main force that supported him. the ruler thought that “The immovable position of the United States” in favor of the autonomy plan made it easier for many important countries to express their support and positive thoughts for Rabat’s initiative. resolve this “artificial” conflict. For Mohamed VI, it doesn’t matter if Donald Trump or Joe Biden is in office in Washington: he refuses No change in US geostrategic positioning, which one do you think “It doesn’t change with a change of management, it’s not affected by the joints.”
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The monarch also considered the alliance with Spain to be a durable link with Algeria against political changes or tensions. He said the “Morocco-Spanish partnership” was “unchangeable in the face of regional conditions and domestic political developments”.
The king of Morocco predicted this. The “constructive position” of the USA and Spain He continued his speech stating that “it will enable a new page to be opened in the relations of trust and strengthening the quality cooperation with these friendly countries”, without mentioning the name of France, even though France is one of the main countries. promoters of the autonomous pathway. He mentioned Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Hungary, Cyprus and Romania to thank collectively for their support. And he assured that 30 countries have opened consulates in the “southern provinces”, interpreting this fact as a recognition of the “Moroccan nature of the Sahara.”
France not taking part in the speech, Tense moment in relations with Parismoreover, just five days after the Gallic government approved an immigration bolt, refusal to accept further visas Moroccan citizens.
From his throne room in Rabat, dressed in the traditional sand-colored djellaba and a red fez, addressing the part of the world that does not recognize Western Sahara as Morocco, Mohammed VI warned: You cannot be a friend of Morocco without accepting the “territorial integrity” plan: “The Sahara dossier – he said – forms the lens through which Morocco looks at the world and is a clear and simple criterion by which it measures the sincerity of friendships and the effectiveness of associations,” he said.
And “Morocco’s partners include some countries, both traditional and new – some, Like Peru, recently allied with the need for phosphateScarce since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – that is, adopting ambiguous positions regarding the Moroccan nature of the Sahara”, “clarifying their position and revising their content in a way that does not allow for interpretation”.