2024-02-11 05:40:00
Credit: DR
“We have had several contacts since my arrival” in office on January 12 with the Moroccans, the minister told the French daily Ouest France. “The President of the Republic asked me personally to invest in the Franco-Moroccan relationship and also to write a new chapter in our relationship. I’m going to stick to it.”he emphasizes.
Stéphane Séjourné believes that France has “always been there, even on the most sensitive issues such as Western Sahara where France’s clear and constant support for the Moroccan autonomy plan has been a reality since 2007”. “We add that it is now time to move forward”. “I will do everything in the coming weeks and months to bring France and Morocco closer together” and this, “with respect for Moroccans”, he promises.
The last two years have been punctuated by extremely strong tensions between Morocco and France, a former colonial power where a large Moroccan diaspora lives. At the origin of the tensions: the policy of rapprochement with Algeria desired by Emmanuel Macron, while Algiers broke off its diplomatic relations with Rabat in 2021.
In addition, Séjourné continues to be considered by Rabat as the bearer of a discourse going against Moroccan interests, citing his position during the vote on the European Parliament resolution condemning Morocco for rights violations. humans. Stéphane Séjourné at the head of the Euro-parliamentary group Renew distinguished himself by carrying the said resolution, while opposing a similar text targeting Algiers.
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