The outgoing US President, Donald Trump, signed a decree on Thursday, December 10, 2020, recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. Will Joe Biden, who will succeed him on January 20, 2021, call this recognition proclamation into question?
The decision of President Donald Trump to recognize Morocco’s full and complete sovereignty over the entire Sahara is making headlines in the international press. The Spanish newspaper El Pais describes it on Saturday as "the greatest setback for the Polisario" since the ceasefire declared in 1991.
Nasser Bourita , Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, states that relations were "normal" with Israel before US President Donald Trump announced it on Thursday, December 10.
A few days after the announcement of the US recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara, the American equipment manufacturer Adient, world leader in the automotive seat segment, will sign, in Casablanca, a memorandum of understanding with the Moroccan government. This is the first in a series of announcements mentioned by the US Ambassador to Morocco, David Fisher.
The normalization of relations with Israel negotiated by the United States presents advantages for Morocco , including the help of the Hebrew state in the construction of its arms industry.
By agreeing to establish relations with Israel, the Kingdom has obtained from Washington the recognition of its sovereignty over Western Sahara. This exchange is simply a "gift" from Trump, said Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, a specialist in Israeli-Moroccan relations at the University of Tel Aviv, to AFP .
The United States is negotiating the sale of at least four sophisticated MQ-9B Sea Guardian drones to Morocco. Donald Trump has transmitted an opinion on this sale to the US Congress, which must now examine it to approve or block it.
During a ceremony organized at the US embassy on Saturday, December 12 in Rabat, the United States unveiled a "new official map" of Morocco integrating the territory of the Sahara.
In the wake of the American recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara, Israelis, especially of Moroccan origin, are expressing their willingness to invest in Morocco.
The United States plans to invest $3 billion in Morocco . An announcement that follows the normalization of diplomatic relations between the kingdom and Israel and the recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara.
While US President Donald Trump is a month away from the end of his term, he has used diplomacy to obtain the agreement to normalize diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel in exchange for the American recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara. What explains this sudden and surprising acceleration?
The United States is currently negotiating the sale to Morocco of sophisticated SeaGuardian MQ-9B aerial drones manufactured by the company General Atomics.