Dsseldorf: The issue of Morocco’s territorial integrity is sparking an awakening within the international community, emphasized Franco-Swiss academic and writer Jean-Marie Heydt during a conference held Saturday in Dsseldorf, western Germany. The conference focused on Morocco’s geopolitical initiatives in development, peace, and international cooperation, under the enlightened leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. Invited by the Moroccan-German Federal Democratic Council to present his latest book “The Moroccan Sahara: Land of Light and Future,” Heydt noted that through his international engagements, he observed a growing interest in the issue of the Moroccan Sahara, along with a clear desire to better understand this reality.
According to Agence Marocaine De Presse, Heydt mentioned during the international conference, attended by university professors, German political figures, business leaders, and members of the Moroccan diaspora from several European countries, “There is now a real awakening around the issue of Morocco’s territorial integrity.”
“The Moroccan Sahara: Land of Light and Future” provides a renewed perspective on the Moroccan Sahara, moving beyond traditional academic approaches by drawing on field experience and testimonies from residents, particularly those from Sahrawi tribes, Heydt stressed.
Discussing the development dynamics in the southern provinces, Heydt emphasized that they align with a vision carried by His Majesty the King, based on the will to build a shared future. “This is not merely about recovered territories,” he said, “but about a new way of envisioning the evolution of the African continent, with Morocco acting as a bridge between Europe and the Sahel, offering strategic access to the Atlantic.”
This Royal initiative, which opens new prospects for South-South cooperation-among other peace, development, and cooperation initiatives mentioned in the book-falls, according to Heydt, within a logic of co-construction and win-win partnership in support of regional development.