Rabat: If nothing succeeds like success in Morocco today, the article explains it’s all thanks to two decades of coherent and proactive foreign policy conducted by HM King Mohammed VI,” Boussois noted. The article states that the adoption of the latest UN resolution 2797 in favor of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara marks a well-earned diplomatic triumph for Rabat.
According to Agence Marocaine De Presse, this success, born of the Kingdom’s patience and consistency, illustrates the strength of Moroccan diplomacy founded on international law, credibility, and realism. The op-ed goes on by pointing out that the Kingdom is reaping the fruits of a clear and inclusive strategy that combines internal stability, African outreach, and lasting international alliances.
The autonomy plan, it underlines, “fits within a legal and diplomatic continuum: after the official recognition by the United States in December 2020, followed by several European capitals, including Paris in 2024, the legitimacy of Morocco’s position is no longer in question.”
Boussois, who heads the European Geopolitical Institute (IGE), further observed that HM the King has successfully repositioned the Kingdom at the heart of its African environment by rejoining the African Union in 2017 and building a dense network of economic, energy, and security partnerships across the continent. This strategy, it continues, has enabled Morocco to gain political legitimacy that extends beyond the Maghreb and now appeals to international institutions.
It notes that this long-term vision is bearing fruit: political stability, economic attractiveness, and the image of a moderate power capable of dialogue with all, from Washington to Brussels, from Dakar to Abidjan. The commentator also stressed that Morocco’s victory at the UN is not merely diplomatic, it ushers in a new political and economic phase. The challenge now, he said, is twofold: on one hand, to strengthen national unity by meeting the expectations of a demanding youth; and on the other, to make the Moroccan Sahara a driver of development on par with other regions of the Kingdom.
According to the French geopolitics expert, the Southern Provinces are already central to Morocco’s national strategy: the major Dakhla Atlantic Port project, investments in renewable energy, tourism, logistics, and blue economy initiatives make it a region of the future. The key, it stresses, is to link local prosperity with regional integration by turning the Sahara into a bridge between Morocco, West Africa, and Europe.
S©bastien Boussois concludes that Morocco’s victory at the UN is not merely that of one country over another: “It is the victory of law over disorder, of vision over resentment, of constancy over rigidity.” It reminds us that Moroccan patient diplomacy is among the most coherent on the continent. And, in the end, it may be through Morocco that hope for a united Maghreb, looking to the future rather than trapped by its wounds, will be reborn.