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The recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara by the United States has prompted many comments and reactions in Mauritania, where several figures have hailed the move as a historic turning point and a historic diplomatic victory for Morocco. The recognition by the US of Morocco’s full sovereignty over the entire Moroccan Sahara region marks […]
Morocco expects more consulates to open in its southern provinces, the Sahara, as part of an international push in support of Morocco’s territorial integrity. Within a year so far, 20 nations opened or are planning to open consulates in Dakhla or Laayoune, the latest to inaugurate diplomatic representations in the Sahara Monday Dec.14 were Haiti […]
The opening on Monday of a consulate general of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Laayoune, capital of the Moroccan Sahara, constitutes “a historic step” in the longstanding relations between the two countries, said Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. “The opening of the consulate general is a historic step which confirms Bahrain’s […]
The historic decision announced lately by the United States, recognizing the full sovereignty of Morocco over the entire region of Moroccan Sahara has been welcomed worldwide as a move that will enhance stability in the region and contribute to its socioeconomic development. Swiss NGO “Promotion of Economic and Social Development” has commended the US decision […]
This Monday saw the number of countries having opened diplomatic representations in the Moroccan Sahara increase by two new missions in Laayoune and Dakhla. Bahrain has thus opened this December 14 a consulate general in Laayoune, at a ceremony co-chaired by the Bahraini and Moroccan Foreign Ministers Abdullatif Al Zayani and Nasser Bourita. Bahrain, […]
For decades, Algeria and its creation, the Polisario, have been inflating the numbers of the people held in the South-Western Algerian camps while preventing the UN from carrying out a head-count and maintaining a media blackout on human rights there. Algeria and the Polisario speak of 165,000 people in the camps and stress on […]
The US government has officially adopted the undivided map of Morocco, including the Sahara southern provinces, American Ambassador in Rabat David Fischer said on Saturday. Before Washington’s historical decision to recognize Morocco’s full sovereignty over the Sahara, the US government used a map of Morocco showing the southern provinces cut off from the rest […]
Morocco has won the greatest prize in its quest to secure international recognition for its territorial integrity winning the support of the US and restoring diplomatic ties with Israel. Soon after the proclamation by President Trump of the US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and the resumption of diplomatic relations with Israel, Reuters […]
Part of the world reaction to the historic proclamation by President Donald Trump recognizing the full sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over the entire region of the Moroccan Sahara, France’s Foreign Ministry said that the Sahara conflict has lasted too long and that the Morocco-proposed Autonomy Plan constitutes a serious and credible basis for […]
The historical decision by the Trump Administration to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and Washington’s plans to open a diplomatic mission for economic affairs in the city of Dakhla will turn the territory into a magnet for US investors, some analysts argue. Morocco clinched a major victory Thursday after US President Donald Trump andicated […]