Doha-the French Senate President Gérard Larcher said on Monday evening in Laâyoune that the southern provinces in Morocco “make up a success model for the entire Zone Sahelo Saharan” because the region is exposed to various tensions.
The top French parliamentarian made the remark after his morning meeting with the Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Rabat, where he confirmed The position of this France for the Sahara question is “not tapic” and underlined that the French-Moroccan relationship is based on “deep history and friendship”.
During his historical visit in Laâyoune, Larcher explained The new perspective of France on the western Sahara dispute and the development of the French position is “an obvious fact, a primary truth”.
He emphasized that “this obvious fact had experienced a long maturation process.” According to Larcher, the Senate had worked on a diplomatic initiative at an early stage so that France, that Morocco always supported in its existential challenges Developments Since 2007 and reserve any ambiguity.
France’s support for the Autonomy plan Under the Moroccan sovereignty as the sole framework for the resolution “is” acquired and represents the position of the institutions of the French Republic in their diversity, “he argued.
Larcher insisted that this support “is not the result of a government policy. It now represents the policy of the French Republic. “
He said he was impressed by the remarkable development that the Laâyoune region has experienced in recent years, citing large infrastructure projects, social institutions and the constant striving for sustainable development.
“This model is part of the geostrategic vision of Morocco and is an opportunity to open up and develop for the states surround The kingdom, ”emphasized Larcher.
He announced the willingness of the Senate to make his experience available to the North African country in the development and decentralization, and proposed to promote the cooperation between France and Morocco.
“Territorial communities offer extensive development potential and are a crucible for political, economic and social cooperation in water management, transport and digital transformation,” he said.
Larcher also spoke of the need to give territorial diplomacy between French and Moroccan communities a new momentum, and argued that every proposal to solve the Sahara question should include the fact that the borders of Morocco “from Tangier to the limits of Sahara ”.
Mohamed, in turn, was Errachid, President of the Council Chamber, the upper house of the Moroccan Parliament, his great pride in this visit with profound importance.
The visit not only exhibits a step to improve success, but also an important historical event and an extraordinary moment, which is an important turning point in bilateral relationships, as he considered.
In particular, it reflects “our common and determined will, specifically for writing glorious pages in the new chapter, which was opened by the heads of state of both countries State visit made by French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco at the invitation of King Mohammed VI.
Ould Errachid announced that the historical partnership between the two countries is a unique model that praised the role of France, a constant member of the UN Security Council, to a solution that permanently recognizes the full sovereignty of Morocco about its southern provinces.
The President of the French Senate makes an official visit to the country and leads a high -ranking delegation, including the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces at the Senate Cédric Perrin.
The delegation also includes the chairman of the France Morocco friendship group Christian Cambon, the president of the political group of the Union Centrist (UC), Hervé Marseille, and the Vice President of the France Morocco friendship group Corinne Féret.
Another blow to Algeria and its proxy militia polisario
The visit takes place according to France’s formal recognition of the sovereignty of Morocco via the Sahara region in July 2024, officially as President Macron specified that “the present and future of western Sahara is within Moroccan sovereignty.”
Larcher’s visit to Laâyoune is simply a historical turning point and is the most high -ranking French parliamentary delegation that is ever looked after in the Sahara.
During his stay, he also announced plans to improve France’s diplomatic and consular presence in the region, including the introduction of a new Allianz Française in Laâyoune.
The visit has not been unnoticed by Algeria, the regime of which continues to rave about the sovereignty of Morocco over his Sahara. When the tensions between Paris and Algiers escalate, this visit provides another blow for the relentless but unsuccessful tests in Algeria to hinder the territorial integrity of Morocco.
The Algerian authorities were already angry with the recognition of Moroccan sovereignty that the Algerian authorities already had flogged During the French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati’s visit in February, she described “of special gravity” and “convicted of a number”.
Now, with Larcher’s top -class visit, Algiers are expected to return to his usual tantrums and diplomatic theater that desperately cling to a lost cause.
In October 2024, a resolution of the UN Security Council, supported by 12 of its 15 members. called For a “realistic and mutually acceptable” solution for the western Sahara dispute -that many interpret Morocco as cheap for autonomy proposal.
