President Macron to King Mohammed VI: "The present and the future of the Sahara fall within the framework of Moroccan sovereignty"

As we announced in our previous issue, today, 30 July, the French President has sent the Moroccan monarch a message of good wishes containing the new French position on the Moroccan Sahara, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its enthronement

El presidente francés Emmanuel Macron y el rey marroquí Mohamed VI en la estación de tren de Rabat Agdal para la inauguración de una línea ferroviaria de alta velocidad el 15 de noviembre de 2018 - AFP/FADEL SENNA

Hichem Aboud

30/07/24

The message sent by President Macron to King Mohammed VI, warm and conveying a genuine French desire to improve Franco-Moroccan relations, reinforces the "deep and unbreakable friendship" that unites the two countries. A relationship that President Macron describes as "the best legacy of our past". And to help strengthen and consolidate this relationship, he wanted to make history by recognising Moroccan sovereignty over its Sahara.

"For France, autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the framework within which this question must be resolved. Our support for the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco in 2007 is clear and constant", adding that this plan “now constitutes the only basis for a just, lasting and negotiated political solution, in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council”. Better still, President Macron pledged that "France will support Morocco in this process for the benefit of the local populations".

It should be recalled that the announcement made by the Elysée will carry great weight on the international scene, as France is the second permanent member of the UN Security Council, after the United States of America, to recognise Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.

Moreover, President Macron, noting that "an increasingly broad international consensus is emerging" in favour of Morocco, did not fail to underline in his message that "France is playing its full role in all relevant forums". This means that France is engaged in the diplomatic battle to put an end once and for all to the regional dispute maintained by the Algerian regime for the benefit of the separatist movement, which it supports with billions of dollars taken from the public coffers of an Algeria where the population suffers from shortages of basic necessities, including water, which is scarcely distributed at the rate of one hour every six days in some regions of the country, including the major cities.

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