A French delegation visiting Morocco with President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled investment plans in the disputed Western Sahara as part of a broader suite of agreements and partnerships between the two countries
French president Emmanuel Macron waves to Moroccans after delivering a speech in the Parliament, in the capital Rabat, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024 on Tuesday unveiled investment plans in the disputed Western Sahara as part of a broader suite of agreements and partnerships between the two countries.
“The present and future of lie within the framework of Moroccan sovereignty,” he told an applauding audience at Morocco’s Parliament.announcing France’s position, Macron called Morocco’s plan to offer autonomy — not independence — to the region’s Indigenous Sahrawis the “only” basis to resolve the decades-long conflict.
The United Nations considers the territory “non-self-governing” and since brokering a 1991 cease-fire has funded a peacekeeping mission designed to organize a referendum for the Sahrawi people to determine the future of the region. Polisario and its allies, mainly Algeria, have protested Morocco's moves and argued they are transforming the disputed territory demographically and economically while the conflict remains unresolved.
As part of the visit designed “to accelerate” partnerships between France and Morocco, MGH Energy — a French company focused on decarbonizing transportation by air and sea — also plans to partner with a Moroccan gas retailer to produce fuel near Dakhla, the second largest city in the disputed Western Sahara.
MGH Energy's President Jean-Michel Germa said in a statement that the project will “pave the way toward large-scale distribution of renewable synthetic fuel produced in Morocco."
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