Moroccan Regime Desperate For Trump's Support On Western Sahara
The Moroccan regime has been in a state of confusion since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House with an agenda that was not expected by the most pessimistic in Rabat, including compelling demands placed on the palace table, on top of which Moroccan territory is a potential destination for the displacement of Gaza residents, as reported by identical Zionist and Western sources.
After the Alaouite regime in Rabat was ecstatic about Trump's election as president of the United States, hoping that he would continue on the path of 2020 when he tweeted after losing the presidential race in favor of the Moroccan regime's alleged sovereignty over Western Sahara, decision-makers in the Alaouite state are looking for ways to minimize losses rather than maximize profits.
According to Spanish journalist Ignacio Sampero, writing for El Confidencial, the Alawite palace has become less motivated to ask the US president to restore his commitment to support Moroccan interests in Western Sahara and establish a consulate in the occupied city of Dakhla, after he (Trump) got him involved in the scandal of trading on the Palestinian issue by trading on the Palestinian issue. the scandal of trading on the Palestinian cause through his cheap normalization with the Zionist entity, because he realizes that the price this time is much more expensive than normalization, and is in line with the greed of the American president, which is to agree to host Palestinians displaced from the Gaza Strip, according to Trump's plan, which is rejected by everyone except Tel Aviv and Washington.
The state of confusion suffered by the Moroccan regime is evident in the delay in announcing its position for nearly a week regarding the deportation of Gaza residents, as its position appeared very late compared to that of other Arab countries, especially the Arab Gulf monarchies and emirates. Despite the mention of the Kingdom of Morocco as a destination for the deportation of Palestinians, as stated by the Consul General of the Zionist entity in the Pacific Southwest region of the United States, Israel Bashar, it was too cowardly to issue a statement criticizing the Zionist entity and its godmother, the United States, as it waited for its Foreign Minister Bourita to meet with his Iraqi counterpart to issue a joint statement, unlike the one issued by the United States.
With the chances of Trump going along with the Alawite palace's ambitions diminishing, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry is looking for other options away from the United States, including holding an international conference next April in the United Arab Emirates, sponsored by European countries, starting with France, to bless the 'Moroccan nature' of Western Sahara, according to an informed diplomatic source, as reported by Spanish journalist Ignacio Sampero.
Hugh Lovatt, a senior researcher at the European Council on Foreign Relations, told El Confidencial that 'Morocco is now hoping to get the final international approval' on Western Sahara, and Rabat is trying to 'force European countries that reject Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, such as the United Kingdom, Italy and the United Nations to join these efforts,' but the idea of organizing this meeting has not been welcomed.
The Spanish journalist wonders about the position of his country's government, headed by Pedro Sanchez, on the Moroccan endeavor, given the rapprochement between Rabat and Madrid, while the position of the United States of America, which has current priorities, remains questionable, as the current Trump administration is only interested in achieving its goal of deporting Palestinians from Gaza to other places, including the Kingdom of Morocco, which no doubt awaits the reaction of the White House after it dared to reject his proposal, even if it was too late in announcing its position.
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