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Meeting in New York under US auspices, the foreign ministers of Morocco and Israel, alongside the United States, sealed a series of major commitments aimed at deepening bilateral cooperation, including an agreement to upgrade their diplomatic missions to full embassies.

For Algeria, the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline is a priority because its own production is insufficient to supply an EU that has voluntarily deprived itself of Russian gas. Yet if the Trans-Saharan pipeline project were to go ahead, Algeria could export an additional 30 billion cubic meters. It would then become the EU’s leading gas supplier, radically increasing its leverage over the bloc, particularly on what remains a priority issue for Algiers: challenging Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara.

The migrant rush on the Ceuta enclave was opportunistically exploited by Algeria to stab its Moroccan “brothers” in the back. How quickly the past is forgotten!

Refusing to bow to opposition pressure, the Spanish prime minister recalled that Europe’s leading powers support Morocco’s autonomy proposal. Pedro Sánchez defended a good-neighbor policy grounded in realism and ruled out any diplomatic confrontation with one of Spain’s strategic partners.

Berlin says it has no reservations about the new arrangement and considers it compatible with the October 2024 ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

While Colombia’s recent shift confirms the growing international momentum in favor of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, a handful of Latin American capitals continue to resist. Between Cold War-era ideological legacies, outdated diplomatic reflexes and economic pressure from Algiers, here is a closer look at a continent caught between dogmatism and geopolitical realities—but one that is now seriously shifting.

The United Nations Secretary-General has announced the appointment of Major General Jawwad Ahmed of Pakistan as commander of the MINURSO military force. With more than 35 years of operational and diplomatic experience, he succeeds Bangladeshi Major General Fakhrul Ahsan.

With an ideological interlude now over, the Republic of Colombia has made a major diplomatic shift by solemnly recognizing the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over its Sahara. At the heart of this diplomatic sequence, Farida Loudaya, Morocco’s ambassador to Bogotá, offers an uncompromising analysis of the stakes surrounding this irreversible decision. Interview.

Colombia reaffirmed on Monday its recognition of the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over its entire territory, including the Sahara, and announced the freezing of its recognition of the so-called “sadr”.