Germany and Morocco considers open diplomatic crisis buried in 2021 A symbolic visit to Rabat by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, that the two countries agreed to continue their cooperation in all fields and reaffirmed their support for the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara.
Rabat summoned its ambassador in Berlin for consultations in May 2021. “hostile acts” by the German authoritiesThese included “serious” actions that questioned Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.
However, with the change of government and the arrival of Olaf Scholz as chancellor, especially after the German Foreign Ministry, relations got back on track. Get to know the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara as a “significant contribution” to conflict resolution.
This Thursday, Baerbock and his Moroccan counterpart A joint statement reiterating that Germany’s 2007 autonomy plan was a “serious and credible effort” “a good basis for a solution accepted by both sides” by Morocco.
Message would be one step behind the support given by such a plan. Spanish government, King VI. He sees the initiative promoted by Mohammed as the “most serious, realistic and credible” formula for resolving the conflict and puts it above all else.
Baerbock on Western SaharaAccording to the DPA news agency, the vision of Berlin and Rabat differs only in “nuances”.
UN mediation
Germany and Morocco took advantage of the opportunity. support mediation UN, According to the joint note, handed over to ambassador Staffan de Mistura, Baerbock saw a way to achieve “a political solution that is realistic, pragmatic, lasting and mutually accepted by the parties”.
This statement, which testifies to what was signed later, a telematic meeting between the two ministers in February this year, He began to realize that full cooperation between Rabat and Berlin was already a reality, and that both Burita and Baerbock spoke of a “new page” in relations between the two countries.
Thus, they find a place to increase cooperation on issues such as the development of renewable energies, the fight against climate change and security policy. The text says that Morocco is a “strategic” partner of the European Union.
Regarding the migration issue, the two ministers pointed out that this is a “common challenge”. The German government acknowledged the Moroccan authorities’ “efforts” to combat irregular migration.
Invitation to Mohammed VI
Good words of Germany, their congratulations to the VI. It also extends to Muhammad himself. A reformist agenda aimed at achieving “a more open and more dynamic society and economy” in Morocco.
Baerbock reiterated ‘in place’Germany’s willingness to receive the Alaouite monarch, to undertake a state visit to seal the “renewed” alliance between the two countries He said they wanted to establish “close and friendly relations” from now on.