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With extreme ease, there was a tradeoff that was the brightest among the four standardization agreements that were sponsored and blessed by the United States; As if Morocco were to say: We will reconcile with Israel if it grants us full sovereignty over Western Sahara. Donald Trump found no hesitation in selling and buying what did not belong to him, as long as the “agreement” strengthened Israel’s thorn in the region and weakened, in parallel, its “enemies.” The deal / barter paid off quickly, and it only took a tweet from the US president – Rabat says negotiations between the two parties preceded it – to shed light on the price of normalization, which the Polisario Front called “strange.” , but “not surprising”, without reaching. The agreement mentions itself. The agreement is the last of the “Abraham” series, and perhaps the last of this year, which was announced after a phone call between Trump and Mohammed VI, yesterday, about a month before the end of the term of the US president who he continues to implement his policies by mobilizing typists to satisfy his administration, and behind it Israel. . However, the timing of normalization would have seemed somewhat ambiguous if the price had not been for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara region, especially as the new US administration led by Joe Biden would have blessed and supported the measure, as he saw in the “Accords of Abraham” an unavoidable amount.
The parties will immediately reopen the liaison offices in Rabat and Tel Aviv.
On his last visit to Morocco last October, United States Undersecretary of State David Schenker confirmed that the United States appreciates “His Majesty’s continuous and valuable support on issues of common interest such as peace in the Middle East,” recalling that the two countries will celebrate next year. On the 200th anniversary of their friendship, “when we will commemorate the bicentennial of the American Commission in Tangier, which is the oldest American diplomatic mentor in the world.” Trump recalled the 18th century, linking Morocco’s recognition of the United States in 1777 with the latter’s recognition, for the first time in its history, of its sovereignty over Western Sahara, assuming that Rabat’s “ serious and realistic proposal for autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the only basis for a just and lasting solution. ” For the sake of peace and prosperity, “as opposed to the” unrealistic “option of establishing an independent state in the desert, according to a statement from the White House. The communiqué urged the two parties to “begin talks without delay, based on the autonomy plan presented by Morocco, as it is the only framework to negotiate a solution acceptable to both parties.”
Trump’s agreement to change his country’s “neutral” policy towards Western Sahara, as Washington intends to open a consulate under the agreement, was the main driver for obtaining rapid approval of Morocco’s normalization. It is true that the issue of Western Sahara, and the United States’ position on it, overshadows the entire agreement, to the point that Mohammed VI appeared as a victor who did not need to make concessions. In addition to the resumption of official contacts with Israel (which have been interrupted since 1994), and the permission to cross flights as well as direct flights to and from Israel. According to the adviser to the president and son-in-law of the United States, Jared Kushner, who and his assistant Avi Berkowitz oversaw the four agreements, “the two parties will immediately reopen the liaison offices in Rabat and Tel Aviv with the intention of opening two embassies.” The two sides will also strengthen economic cooperation between Israeli and Moroccan companies. As for the second “gift” that the Trump administration presented to its ally, Rabat, in the context of normalization, it came in the form of Washington’s approval to sell large and advanced MQ-9B drones that are being developed by Morocco to Morocco. General Automix, which are the fourth. The minimum, according to three sources who spoke with «Reuters», and confirmed that the agreement signed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will require the approval of Congress, which has just approved an arms agreement to the United Arab Emirates worth 23 billion of dollars.
The “Polisario” promises to continue “the fight”
The “Polisario” front denounced the decision of the United States of America to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, considering in a statement “this position … a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter and the resolutions of international legitimacy “. He considered that this step “hinders the efforts of the international community to find a solution to the conflict.” The front’s representative in Europe, Abi Bachraya Al-Bashir, deeply regretted the US decision, which he described as “strange but not surprising.” “This (decision) will not change one iota the reality of the conflict and the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination,” he said, adding that the “Polisario” will continue its “struggle.”
(Reuters)
