The year 2020 will undoubtedly mark a turning point in the process of settling the artificial conflict around the Moroccan Sahara.
Morocco has achieved during this year an unprecedented breakthrough on the way to the consecration of its territorial integrity. On December 10, 2020, US President Donald Trump promulgates a presidential decree, with all that this act entails as undeniable legal and political force and with immediate effect, relating to the decision of the United States of America to recognize, for the first time times in their history, the full sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over the entire region of the Moroccan Sahara. Better still, as the first concretization of their sovereign initiative of great importance, the United States of America decided to open a consulate in Dakhla, with an essentially economic vocation, in order to encourage American investments and the contribution to economic and social development, in particular for the benefit of the inhabitants of the southern provinces.
The decision of the United States of America to recognize the full and entire sovereignty of Morocco over its Sahara was announced during a meeting at the highest level of the two States. It was, in fact, during the telephone interview between HM King Mohammed VI and Mr. Donald Trump, President of the United States, that the announcement was made. On this occasion, the Sovereign expressed, in His Name and on behalf of the whole of the Moroccan people, to the American President His deep gratitude to the United States of America for this historic position. His Majesty the King also conveyed His sincere thanks to the American President and his team for this frank and unambiguous support for the Moroccan character of the Sahara, support which strengthens the powerful strategic partnership between the two countries and raises it to the level of a true alliance which encompasses all areas.
This constructive position of the United States of America reinforces the dynamics of the consecration of the Moroccan character of the Moroccan Sahara, confirmed by the positions of support by a group of friendly countries, as well as by the decisions of many countries to open consulates. in our southern provinces. It also intervenes after the decisive and effective intervention of the Royal Armed Forces, in the area of Guergarate, in order to maintain security and stability in this part of Moroccan territory, and to ensure the free movement of people and goods with the African sister countries.
Two weeks after President Trump’s proclamation, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the start of the process of opening a US consulate in Dakhla, with the “immediate” inauguration of a virtual presence station . “In accordance with President Trump’s proclamation on the recognition of the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over the Sahara, the State Department announces that it has started the process of creating an American consulate in the region,” M Pompeo in a press release. “With immediate effect, we are inaugurating a post of virtual presence,” said the head of US diplomacy, noting that this post, which will focus on promoting economic and social development, will soon be followed by a fully operational consulate. This virtual presence position will be managed by the United States Embassy in Rabat, he said. not
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