Light at end of tunnel for Moroccan-German ties

Morocco welcomed the statement by Germany’s foreign ministry in which Berlin supported the autonomy initiative and highlighted Rabat’s role in favor of regional peace and security.

“Morocco appreciates the positive statements and constructive positions recently made by the new German federal government,” Morocco’s foreign ministry said in a statement on its official twitter account.

“These statements augur well for a relaunch of bilateral cooperation and a return to normalcy in the work of the two countries’ diplomatic representations in Rabat and Berlin,” it said.

Morocco also voiced hope that these German statements will be matched with action in order to enable a fresh start in bilateral relations “on the basis of clarity and mutual respect,” the ministry said.

On Dec.13, the German Foreign Ministry issued a statement underlining that “politically as well as culturally and economically, the Kingdom of Morocco is an important link between North and South – the country is a central partner of the European Union and Germany in northern Africa,” and recalling that Germany and Morocco have maintained diplomatic relations since 1956.

“The German Government’s stance has remained unaltered for decades. Germany is supporting the Personal Envoy in his efforts to find a just, lasting political solution acceptable to all based on UN Security Council Resolution 2602 (2021). In 2007, Morocco made an important contribution to such a solution by presenting an autonomy plan,” the German Foreign Ministry said.

Morocco recalled its ambassador to Berlin last May and suspended all cooperation ties and contacts with the German embassy in Rabat and German political organizations over what Rabat had described as German antagonism against Morocco’s territorial integrity.