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Morocco obtained US recognition of its sovereignty over Western Sahara
After the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan, Morocco joined the caravan of Arab countries, which today are linked to Israel in formal diplomatic relations.
As on previous occasions, the announcement was launched from the White House with two tweets from President Trump’s Twitter account.
In the first, he greeted “our two great friends, Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco, for reaching an agreement to establish full diplomatic relations.”
In the second, he said, “I signed a decree recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara.”
In the same context, the Royal Court of Rabat issued a statement in which Morocco welcomed President Trump’s decision and Washington’s decision to open a US consulate in the coastal city of Dakhla, in the southern region of Western Sahara.
Regarding the establishment of official relations with Israel, the statement stated that Morocco intends to “resume official bilateral contacts and diplomatic relations as soon as possible” with Israel “and to develop innovative relations in the economic and technological fields … and work to reopen the liaison offices in the two countries. “
In anticipation of any internal and external criticism at this step and to avoid any interpretation that gives a negative character to Morocco’s position on the Palestinian issue, the declaration of the royal palace emphasized that “these measures do not affect Morocco’s commitment to defend the cause. Palestine and that Morocco supports a two-state solution. ”
The statement revealed that King Mohammed VI called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and assured him that “Morocco places the Palestinian question in the ranking of the Moroccan Sahara question, and that the consolidation of Morocco from Morocco will never come at the expense of the struggle of the Palestinian people for their legitimate rights. “
In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applauded the normalization of relations with Morocco, calling it a “historic agreement.”
In the Arab region, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt went to praise the announcement that Morocco and Israel had reached an agreement to normalize relations between the two countries.
In New York, a spokesman for the United Nations Secretary General said that Antonio Guterres’ position has not changed regarding Western Sahara and that “it is still possible to reach a solution on the basis of UN Security Council resolutions. “.
And if some believed that Morocco had managed to obtain valuable American recognition of its sovereignty over the territory of Western Sahara, others criticized it on two fronts.
The Palestinian factions denounced the Moroccan-Israeli normalization and Hamas described it as a “political sin”. The Palestine Liberation Organization also expressed its rejection of the measure, which “will increase Israel’s arrogance and its denial of the rights of the Palestinian people.”
Regarding the North American recognition of the Moroccan territory of Western Sahara, Abi Bachraya Al-Bashir, representative of the Polisario Front in Europe, expressed his regret for Washington’s decision and said: “This decision will not change the reality of the conflict and the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, “adding that the front will continue its fight.
In Algeria, many media outlets denounced the Moroccan move, either in terms of US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara or normalization with Israel.
Morocco is the fourth Muslim Arab country to sign an agreement to normalize relations with Israel in four months. Analysts believe that Rabat, which spent two years negotiating with the US administration on this deal, turned out to be the biggest winner, especially when it comes to Washington’s recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the territory of Western Sahara. An acknowledgment that Morocco considers a valuable catch, which it will use in international forums to convince international public opinion that the dispute over the sovereignty of Western Sahara can only be resolved under its sovereignty.
In your opinion: What did Rabat gain from the normalization agreement with Israel?
What does the US recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara mean?
Does US recognition accelerate conflict resolution in the region?
What is the danger of this recognition for the future struggle of the Polisario Front?
Can Morocco combine support for the Palestinians with relations with Israel?
Is Moroccan normalization with Israel a blow to the Palestinian cause?
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