With just a few months remaining before the October deadline at the UN Security Council, the foreign ministers of Morocco and France are expected to meet in Paris to discuss two key issues: the Western Sahara file and the new strategic framework proposed by President Macron to King Mohammed VI during his visit to Rabat in October 2024.
In response to mounting pressure from Spanish agricultural associations and the People’s Party against Morocco’s economic interests, Moroccan and European business leaders with investments in the Sahara are turning their attention to Brussels.
Despite the numerous contracts awarded to Italian companies, particularly in the hydrocarbons and agriculture sectors, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune failed to persuade Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to endorse the Polisario’s position, especially on «the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination».