Following French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné's statements, the French ambassador to Morocco has directly addressed the question of recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara in the context of normalized political and diplomatic relations with Rabat.
At the beginning of the 21st century, Morocco and Libya worked on strengthening their bilateral ties. In 2001, King Mohammed VI visited Tripoli, where he met Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The latter, however, was rude to the Moroccan monarch whom he called «my son».