The normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and four Arab countries, including Morocco , was the subject of discussions between the US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan and his Israeli counterpart, Meir Ben-Shabbat. It emerges that the United States supports these agreements, and by extension the American recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara.
The American recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara continues to provoke reactions. Robert Malley, president of the International Crisis Group, also a former adviser to US presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, says this decision "has a negative impact on this Sahara file".
Morocco seems to be conditioning the implementation of its normalization agreement with Israel on the position of the new US President, Joe Biden, on the American recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara.
The Algerian lobby seems to be pulling out all the stops against the US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. The Biden administration is not yielding to the pressure.
Morocco is putting pressure on the Spanish government to recognize its sovereignty over Western Sahara or, at least, publicly support, like France, the regional solution it advocates to resolve the conflict.
Royal Air would have opposed the boarding of several Algerian passengers on its flight from the United States, says Noreddine Belmeddah, the MP for Algerian emigration. These Algerian passengers, residents in the United States, were to make the trip to Paris via a stopover in Casablanca.
Morocco has recently acquired the Patriot air defense system from the United States, the U.S. Agency for International Trade said in a recent note on the Moroccan aerospace sector. This is the medium-range surface-to-air missile defense system against all air threats.
The brand new US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, plans to examine the agreements to normalize diplomatic relations between Israel and four Arab countries, including Morocco.
The new President of the United States, Joe Biden, is said to have welcomed the US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara and the normalization of diplomatic relations between the kingdom and Israel.
In his first ten days, Joe Biden, the President-elect of the United States, who will take office at the White House on Wednesday, January 20, intends to make several decisions, one of which could call into question the American recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara.
The Moroccan frigate Allah Ben Abdellah is participating in a joint exercise called "Atlas Handshake" with the USS Porter destroyer off the Moroccan coast. These two navies are preparing for future missions.
The military cooperation between Morocco and the United States of America is a concern for the two countries. This is the context in which the three-day working visit to Rabat of the US Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs, Anthony Tata, at the head of a large military delegation, takes place.