In a phone call with King Mohammed VI, President Donald Trump announced that his country recognizes Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. The decision comes as Rabat agrees, in exchange, to normalize ties with Israel.
In his speech on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Green March, King Mohammed VI welcomed the success of the Moroccan approach to the Sahara issue recorded on the international scene, at the UN and at the African Union. The Sovereign also warned against blocking Guerguerate and undermining the legal status of areas east of the security wall.
The opening of diplomatic representations in the Sahara has weakened the argument of the Polisario and Algeria, which claim that no country recognizers Morocco’s sovereignty over the territory.