Germany’s newly appointed ambassador takes up duties in Morocco

Germany’s newly appointed ambassador to Morocco, Robert Dölger arrived in the Kingdom on Tuesday, where he is tasked with restoring diplomatic relations between the two nations, previously strained due to Western Sahara disagreements.

Dölger will be primarily missioned with setting up the road map for relations between the two states, which enabled Berlin and Morocco to agree on resuming diplomatic relations.

The action plan is based upon respect for the sovereignty and strategic directions of the two countries and their political choices.

“From the point of view of the German Federal Government, it is in the interests of both Germany and the Kingdom of Morocco that the expanded and good relations continue in all areas and that they return to their previous era before March of last year,” a representative for the current embassy staff told Hespress.

Officials from both countries recently signaled readiness to overcome the diplomatic row that began in March 2021, with Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announcing cutting diplomatic ties with the European country due to a “deep misunderstanding” with Germany on fundamental issues of concern to Morocco.

Germany celebrated normalizing ties between Israel and Morocco under the Abraham accords, however, the European country condemned the American recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.

Morocco had condemned Germany’s position as hostile.

Germany said recently under new chancellor Olaf Scholz it supports the efforts of the Personal Envoy General Staffan de Mistura to achieve a political outcome that is fair and acceptable to all on the basis of the United Nations Security Council resolution, in which Morocco made an important contribution, adding that the federal government’s position in this regard has remained unchanged for decades.

Germany’s foreign ministry hailed the Economic and trade relations between the two countries as remarkable. In 2019, Germany was in 7th place in the Moroccan trade balance, and in the same year, it imported from Morocco 1.4 billion euros of goods and exported 2.2 billion euros.