
Experts Explore Solutions to Mend Strained France-Morocco Relations
The relationship between Morocco and France is still tense, but there are still solutions to save it. Experts are looking into the issue.

The relationship between Morocco and France is still tense, but there are still solutions to save it. Experts are looking into the issue.

After Senegal, it is Madagascar’s turn to welcome King Mohammed VI on an official visit scheduled for next week.

Catherine Colonna, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is striving to "practice" appeasement between Morocco and France, whose diplomatic relations have been tense for several months.

Contrary to the rumors circulating, King Mohammed VI did not cancel his trip to Dakar after suffering from the flu. Announced for weeks, this official visit will indeed take place.

Christophe Lecourtier, the current French ambassador to Morocco, assures that there is no diplomatic crisis between the two countries, but rather "misunderstandings", "misunderstandings", or even "small turbulences".

After a postponement, the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco will indeed take place during the first quarter of 2023. This is at least what Christophe Lecourtier, the new French ambassador to Morocco, affirms.

French President Emmanuel Macron stated on February 27 that he has "friendly" and "good" relations with Morocco. A claim denied by an official Moroccan source.

Several hundred applications for combined residence-work permits in Belgium are under investigation for suspected fraud. Nearly a hundred of these files concern Moroccan visas.

Israel is working to open its embassy in Morocco. Alona Fisher-Kamm, acting head of the Israeli liaison office in Morocco, laid the first stone of the building that will house it in Rabat.

Currently on a private stay in Gabon, King Mohammed VI will make an official visit to Dakar on Monday, February 20, where he will meet with Senegalese President Macky Sall.

Uncertainties hang over the visit of the President of the French Republic to Morocco. While rumors suggest his arrival on April 26, diplomatic sources say there is "nothing concrete for the moment."

While he was supposed to travel to Morocco as part of a trade mission, the Flemish Minister-President, Jan Jambon, did not make the trip. The stalled negotiations on the nitrogen issue are to blame.