Invited by the Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies, former French ambassador to Algeria (2008 to 2012 and 2017 to 2020), Xavier Driencourt, was in Toulon on Thursday where he gave a conference on the theme "The Algerian enigma".
The crisis between Morocco and France seems to have reached the linguistic level. A Moroccan minister even refused to speak in French.
Relations between Morocco and France continue to be strained. Abdelhak Najib, writer, political scientist, essayist and lecturer, specialist in Africa and international relations, believes that Paris has lost Rabat.
Morocco’s refusal to accept French aid continues to provoke reactions. A former French minister criticizes Rabat’s attitude and is surprised that the United Kingdom, which is providing aid to the victims of the deadly earthquake that struck Al Haouz, made the same offer as Paris.
The Élysée took advantage of his recent private visit to Paris to organize a dinner between King Mohammed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron in the perspective of a thaw in relations between Morocco and France. But the Moroccan sovereign declined the invitation.
Morocco’s refusal to accept "official" aid from France after the deadly earthquake of September 8 continues to spark heated controversy in the Hexagon. The French executive says it feels humiliated by Morocco.
Invited on BFM TV on Wednesday to talk about his new book, "The Time of Battles" (Éditions Fayard) published in August, Nicolas Sarkozy, close to Morocco, reflected on his relationship with the kingdom, hit by a deadly earthquake, and its king, Mohammed VI.
French President Emmanuel Macron wished for an end to the "controversies that have no place" on the refusal of the aid offered by France to Morocco, hit by a powerful earthquake that has already killed nearly 3,000 people.
The French authorities do not seem to attach much importance to the fact that Morocco has still not accepted France’s aid, after the deadly earthquake that hit the kingdom.
France is seeking to reconcile with Morocco, with whom relations have cooled for several months, notably due to Paris’ reluctance to recognize the Moroccanness of the Sahara, a recognition dear to Rabat. The kingdom would be in the same dynamic.
Enaam Mayara, President of the House of Councillors, will visit the Knesset in Israel this week, at the personal invitation of his Israeli counterpart Amir Ohana. This is the first official visit of a senior Moroccan official and one of the rare Muslim leaders to the Israeli Parliament.
King Mohammed VI arrived in Paris on Friday evening for a private visit. Signs heralding the warming of diplomatic relations between Morocco and France?