25th anniversary of the enthronement of King Mohammed VI: France announces its recognition of Morocco's status in the Sahara

Mohamed VI, King of Morocco with the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron - PHOTO/ARCHIVO

Hichem Aboud

30 de julio de 2024 (10:29 h.)

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What provoked the anger of Algiers on 25 July will be officially announced today, 30 July, in the message of good wishes that the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, will send to the sovereign of Western Sahara

According to sources close to the Elysée, France will officially announce its recognition of the Moroccan Sahara on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the reign of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. This is the new step Rabat had hoped for in the French position on the sacred cause of the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Morocco. According to the same source, who revealed the information to the French media, the new position adopted by Paris on the question of the Moroccan Sahara is a very important step forward in the consolidation of relations between the two countries.

Thus, Algiers, which had expressed its dissatisfaction with France's support for the autonomy plan for the Sahara, is now a war away, because we are no longer at the stage of supporting autonomy, but at the stage of recognising Moroccan sovereignty over a territory disputed by the Algerian regime through a moribund separatist movement that has lost much ground since its Algerian sponsor collapsed in a devastating civil war that lasted more than a dozen years.

French President Emmanuel Macron (left) speaks with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune - AFP/LUDOVIC MARIN

A war from which Algeria has emerged to find itself caught between a corrupt and corrupt military caste - as evidenced by the staggering number of more than 60 general officers in military prisons across the country - and an oligarchy that has ruined the country's economy and many of whose businessmen are now serving long prison sentences.

With the arrival of the Tebboune-Chengriha tandem almost five years ago, Algeria has sunk into isolation on the international stage and plunged into a state of poverty and precariousness that is causing its population to flee in their thousands on board dinghies of misfortune to the shores of Spain. Meanwhile, its neighbour to the west proudly continues its march towards new conquests and successes in various sectors, gaining respect and consideration in the concert of nations. Hence these dazzling successes in regaining international recognition of its sovereignty over the southern part of its territory.

Moroccans demonstrate in support of their king near a border crossing between Morocco and Mauritania at Guerguerat in Western Sahara - AFP/FADEL SENNA

France today joins the large circle of states that recognise the inalienable and indisputable right of the Moroccan kingdom over the Sahara, which has become a veritable El Dorado and which many foreign observers call "the Dubai of North Africa".