On Thursday, Colombia reiterated its support for Morocco’s position on the Sahara issue. This support aims to find a solution to this issue, which is a vital question for the Kingdom in terms of "its sovereignty and territorial integrity".
For Nasser Bourita , the Deal of the Century, proposed by Donald Trump, is the business of the Palestinians, before anyone else, and Morocco must remain moderate in its responses.
Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, was called upon to react, on Tuesday, February 4, to the alleged "secret deal" between Morocco and Israel, which would imply that Tel Aviv would support Morocco’s sovereignty in the Sahara, in exchange for Rabat’s support for Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Middle East.
The normalization of relations between Tel Aviv and Rabat is still a concern for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The latter is said to have tried to conclude a tripartite agreement between Israel, the United States and Morocco .
Morocco and the European Union (EU) reiterated, on Wednesday in Brussels, their support for the United Nations political process on the issue of the Moroccan Sahara. Indeed, the UN institution hopes to achieve a just, realistic, pragmatic, sustainable and mutually acceptable political solution to the Sahara issue.
The delimitation of Morocco’s territorial waters with Spain and Mauritania continues to provoke reactions. The Spanish party, Podemos, rejects "Morocco’s expansionist policy".
Algeria has called for a boycott of the Africa Cup of Nations Futsal. Organized in Laâyoune, in the Moroccan Sahara, this competition is causing the anger of Algeria and the Polisario, who are doing everything to cancel the Moroccan edition.
Morocco affirmed on Friday, January 24, 2020, that it recognizes the government of Bolivia.
The decision of Guinea and Gabon to set up their consular representations in the cities of Dakhla and Laayoune is not to the liking of Algeria. Algiers is expressing its opposition and accuses Morocco of wanting to legitimize the occupation of the Sahara.
The United Nations (UN) congratulated the Moroccan authorities for having ensured that the stage of the "Africa Eco Race" rally, linking Morocco and Mauritania, crossed the buffer zone of Guerguerat "peacefully" on Monday. Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, emphasized this during a press briefing in New York.
The "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)" condemns the opening of a Gambian consular representation in Dakhla. It describes this decision as a "flagrant aggression".
The Dominican Republic of Antigua and Barbuda reaffirmed, on Friday, January 10 in Rabat, its support for Morocco’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.