Indications of a change in Berlin's tone towards Rabat
Moroccan-German rapprochement..a step to end the dispute on new foundations
Merkel's departure from the chancellery facilitated the normalization of relations between Morocco and Germany.
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Moroccan-German relations returned to the fore again, with signs of a breakthrough in the crisis that began last March, after Berlin threw a stone into the stagnant pond through a post by its embassy in Rabat on its Facebook page, and an article published on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
The timing of the German initiative is not without connotations that come in the context of a set of variables, both at the internal level, such as the departure of Angela Merkel after 16 years of leading German diplomacy, or at the external level due to the transformations the world is witnessing on several levels.
The article published by the German Foreign Ministry on its website gave indications of a change in Berlin’s tone towards Rabat, beginning with its praise of Morocco’s role in the Libyan crisis, after its exclusion from the Berlin conference in the past, and its position on the Sahara issue by supporting Morocco’s efforts to find a just and lasting solution to the conflict.
positive turn
In a statement to the German News Agency (dpa), the professor of international law at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Taj Eddine El Husseini, described the step as a positive turning point in the relationship of the two countries, which inaugurates a new phase preceded by negotiations to put points on the letter to strengthen cooperation between Morocco and Germany, as The powerful leader of Europe.
Al-Hussaini added: “The step is linked to Merkel’s departure and the taking over of the reins by a liberal democratic party. It is no secret that Germany opposed Moroccan rights in alliance with Spain and Algeria in the past, but it is now in an unprecedented step that praises the autonomy proposal and Security Council Resolution No. 2602 that contradicts Algeria’s interests. and the Polisario.
On the other hand, journalistic writer Mohamed Massad is not inclined to this proposition, based on his experience with German diplomacy based on continuity. The German side has been seeking for a long time to understand what happened, and to find a formula to put things back in order.
Massad explains his vision of the silent crisis, or the traffic accident, as he calls it, by saying to DPA: “The misunderstanding froze all files between the two parties and stopped economic cooperation in vital areas such as green energy and scientific research, and many giant projects. Therefore, the German will To resolve the issue, it became clear in three axes included in the article of the German Foreign Ministry, related to praising Morocco’s role in the Libyan crisis, supporting the efforts of the United Nations to resolve the conflict over the Sahara, and supporting Morocco’s contributions to finding a lasting and just solution to this conflict.
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Al-Hussaini says that Germany considered Morocco the link between Europe and Africa, “and it is willing to revive the relationship between the North and the South, after stopping for several years, as Morocco is a strategic area for linking the two continents in the economic aspect.
The importance of Morocco for the Germans is not limited to this aspect, but also goes beyond it to enhance the prospects for security cooperation because Morocco provides valuable information through intelligence that helped European countries to fight terrorism and organized crime, as it has always formed an impenetrable dam against the strong flow of waves of African immigrants.
The German Foreign Ministry had updated Morocco's page on its website, coinciding with the new German government taking office.
In the update, she stressed that “the Kingdom of Morocco is an important link between the North and the South on the political, cultural and economic levels, as it is a major partner of the European Union and Germany in North Africa.
Diplomatic relations between Germany and Morocco have been in place since 1956.
repairs
The German Foreign Ministry added: “Over the past decade, Morocco has launched wide-ranging reforms.
The country plays an important role in the stability and sustainable development of the region.
It is evident in several initiatives, not the last of which is his diplomatic commitment to the Libyan peace process.
The United Nations is also working under the supervision of the newly appointed Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Staffan de Mistura, to find a solution to the (Sahara) issue.
The German government's position has been for decades, unchanged.
Berlin, for its part, supports the Personal Envoy in his pursuit of a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political outcome on the basis of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2602 (2021).
Through the autonomy scheme, Morocco made an important contribution to such an agreement.
She drew attention to the distinguished level of economic cooperation between the two countries.
She said, "Germany ranked seventh in the Moroccan trade balance for 2019. In the same year, Germany imported goods worth one billion and 400 million euros from Morocco, while German exports to Morocco recorded about two billion and 200 million euros.
German companies with German capital participate in Morocco, through their concentration in Casablanca and Tangiers, with nearly 300 companies.
Morocco is a favorite travel destination for Germans, as German tourists recorded in 2019 about 6% of foreign tourists.
Germany also supports Morocco in the path of modernization, and it is one of the largest bilateral donors, with a total of nearly 1.2 billion euros in 2020.
Morocco is part of the G-20 "Pact with Africa" initiative to improve the private investment framework.
To this end, the two countries agreed on a German-Moroccan reform partnership at the end of November 2019. In 2020, Germany supported Morocco with an intensive emergency aid program to confront the Corona pandemic.
• The misunderstanding froze all files between the two parties, and halted economic cooperation in vital areas such as green energy and scientific research, and many giant projects. Therefore, the German will to resolve the issue was clearly demonstrated in three axes.
• Germany considered Morocco a link between Europe and Africa, and it is willing to revive the relationship between the North and the South, after stopping for several years, as Morocco is a strategic area for linking the two continents in the economic aspect.
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