{"id":1702,"date":"2024-02-27T00:36:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T00:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2024-02-27T16:00:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T16:00:03","slug":"french-fm-on-moroccos-sahara-autonomy-plan-its-time-to-move-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/french-fm-on-moroccos-sahara-autonomy-plan-its-time-to-move-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"French FM on Morocco\u2019s Sahara autonomy plan: it\u2019s time to move forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-wrapper field field-node--field-subtitle field-name-field-subtitle field-type-string-long field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>S\u00e9journ\u00e9 reiterates France\u2019s support for Morocco\u2019s autonomy plan over its Sahara and says that his country aims to advance by promoting economic and social development in North African Kingdom\u2019s\u00a0 southern provinces.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">RABAT &#8211; French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9 reiterated on Monday in Rabat, his country&#8217;s &#8220;clear and constant&#8221; support for the Moroccan autonomy plan in the Southern provinces, emphasizing that it is time for France to move forward on this issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Merci pour votre accueil cher Nasser Bourita et pour cet \u00e9change chaleureux et approfondi. Le lien qui unit nos deux pays est exceptionnel. Tournons-nous vers l\u2019avenir ! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pNTptvTwn8\">pic.twitter.com\/pNTptvTwn8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9 (@steph_sejourne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steph_sejourne\/status\/1762104247745749188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">France was the first country to support the autonomy plan in 2007, S\u00e9journ\u00e9 indicated\u00a0during a joint press conference with Morocco&#8217;s Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, noting that\u00a0&#8220;in the logical continuity of this commitment, it is time to move forward.&#8221;\u00a0Beyond political positions, he stated that France advances through concrete actions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;France also wants to move forward by taking into account the interests and needs present, particularly in the educational and cultural domains,&#8221; he noted, pointing out that there are two French schools in Dakhla and Laayoune.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He specified that the\u00a0Institut Fran\u00e7ais\u00a0recently deployed, in close collaboration with local partners, a mobile cultural center in Laayoune, Boujdour, and Dakhla, which has been very successful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">S\u00e9journ\u00e9 emphasized that France also aims to advance by promoting economic and social development in the Southern provinces of the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;France will support the development of this region, backing Morocco&#8217;s efforts in various fields,&#8221; he concluded, while recalling that Morocco has invested significantly in development projects benefiting local populations, particularly in training, renewable energy, tourism, and blue economy for aquatic resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e9journ\u00e9 reiterates France\u2019s support for Morocco\u2019s autonomy plan over its Sahara and says that his country aims to advance by promoting economic and social development in North African Kingdom\u2019s\u00a0 southern provinces. 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