On Saturday evening, during the speech given on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People, which celebrates a historic episode in the anti-colonial struggle and symbolizes the link between the monarch and his subjects, King Mohammed VI called on the partner countries of the Cherifian Kingdom to support ” unequivocally » Morocco on the question of the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
Whether traditional or new partners, Mohamed VI expects clear and unambiguous positions regarding Western Sahara. For the king, this file is the prism through which Morocco considers its international environment. Mohamed VI explained that positioning on this thorny subject allowed him to “ measure the sincerity of friendships and the effectiveness of partnerships without specifying which countries he was addressing in particular.
But Mohamed VI also welcomed the support of countries like the United States or Spain. He praised the position ” unavoidable ” Americans. Donald Trump’s presidency had recognized the “Moroccanness” of Western Sahara, an initiative taken on by his successor Joe Biden.
Mohamed VI was also delighted with the turnaround of Spain, which rallied to Morocco’s position last March. By recognizing “ autonomy initiative under Moroccan sovereignty defended by Rabat, the head of Spanish diplomacy had then broken the position of traditional neutrality of his country.
Western Sahara is considered by the UN as a “non-autonomous territory” but Morocco and the Sahrawi separatists of the Polisario Front have been fighting over this former Spanish colony for nearly 50 years.
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