The visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco has been postponed once again and is not expected to occur before April 20, according to French daily Le Monde.
The publication cites the reluctance of the Kingdom to organize the visit as the reason for the delay, which will not take place before the end of Ramadan.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna visited the Kingdom in December 2022 and announced the end of the visa crisis and the resumption of consular cooperation between Morocco and France. Despite her efforts, Macron did not travel to Morocco as planned.
In a press interview she held with her counterpart, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita, mid-December, in Rabat, the minister confirmed that “during this visit, we discussed preparations for the visit of the President of the Republic, which will take place soon and more precisely during the first quarter of next year.”
The visa crisis is not the sole issue affecting Franco-Moroccan relations. Rabat has criticized Paris for its ambiguous stance on the Western Sahara conflict and its favoring of Algeria, with whom Morocco has strained relations.
Tensions reached a boiling point following the European Parliament’s passage of a critical resolution, which was met with strong disapproval in Rabat.
The Kingdom has accused France of orchestrating an anti-Moroccan campaign in Brussels, with the resolution being carried by roughly thirty MEPs from the Renew Europe group, led by Stéphane Séjourné, who has close ties to Macron.
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