US Expert: Morocco strengthens sovereignty over its Sahara 

Under the visionary and strategic leadership of King Mohammed VI, Morocco continues to strengthen its historical legitimacy and sovereignty over its southern provinces, underlined the American expert, Samuel Millner.

The researcher at the George Mason Law Center for the Middle East and International Law, told MAP that Morocco’s recent diplomatic breakthroughs in the Sahara issue indicate an avant-garde approach, driven by an unwavering commitment by His Majesty the King to the sacrosanct principles of sovereignty and justice, as well as to the virtues of regional integration and stability.

Reacting to the Sovereign’s speech at the opening of the autumn session of Parliament, Millner cited in this regard the growing international consensus around the Moroccanness of the Sahara and the autonomy plan as the “one and only” solution to put an end to this regional dispute.

Commenting on the unequivocal support of influential countries, particularly in Europe, for the national sovereignty of the Kingdom over its Sahara, such as France and Spain, the expert spoke of a “broader realignment” of European foreign policy that puts emphasis on the preeminence of the Moroccan autonomy initiative as the “only path to peace” and the only solution to this artificial conflict.

While displaying increased mobilization and vigilance to strengthen this innovative international dynamic around the Moroccan Sahara, the Kingdom is resolutely continuing its march of edification and development in the southern provinces, through effective strategies also geared towards the prosperity of the entire region, the U.S expert further stressed.

He also stated that the Royal initiatives aimed at transforming the Moroccan Sahara into a “crossroads” of trade in Africa and beyond demonstrate once again that “the future of the region rests on the national sovereignty of Morocco” over its entire territory.