Russia-Africa partnership: the Russian lesson and Moroccan messages

The Algerian regime felt bitter disappointment when it found that Polisario supporters were banned from participating in the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, which took place from November 9 to 10 in Sochi, Russia. .

The opposition of Russia, moreover a permanent member of the security council, to the participation of the Polisario in this forum is a humiliating disavowal of the separatist inclination of Tebboune and Chengriha, relays Al Ahdath Al Maghribia this Tuesday, November 12.

Morocco has demonstrated in all the international forums in which it has participated that it is the voice of Africa, and the defender of the interests of its population.

From Beijing to Bali, via New York, Brussels and Moscow, Moroccan officials have always carried the voice of Africa, as happened on Sunday, November 10, in Sochi, Russia, when the Minister of Foreign Affairs , Nasser Bourita, pleaded for the voice of Africa to be “listened to and respected internationally».

To do this, continues the minister, who spoke before the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, “it is important to remember certain fundamentals» which he considers to be the keystone to achieving the desired level of cooperation.

The head of Moroccan diplomacy set the foundations for this cooperation capable of serving the interests of the people of the continent: “there can be no peace and prosperity in Africa for the benefit of the people of the region without respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity of member countries and the rules of good neighborliness».

A message that reveals the real problems of Africa, which has become a region of struggle for global influence, aimed at monopolizing its resources and ignoring the problems of its people.

It is necessary, continued Nasser Bourita, that “partners of the continent abandon the logic of supervision“, because, he affirmed, Africa is capable of managing its own challenges: “there can be no peace and prosperity in Africa if African countries establish themselves, without any form of legitimacy, as leaders of the continent unilaterally, to serve purely national agendas. Through respect for these fundamental principles, the African voice will strengthen and weigh on world affairs.“, he stressed, while emphasizing that it is not Africa that needs the rest of the world but that in reality, it is the rest of the world that has a growing need for Africa .

Nasser Bourita also highlighted the importance of the Russia-Africa partnership, which stands out for its obvious growth potential, but which must focus on the main priorities of the African continent.

And as these messages are not simple speeches intended for political consumption, the head of Moroccan diplomacy indicated that the Kingdom is entirely ready to cooperate, within the framework of these meetings, between its mother continent and its strategic partner, Russia.

Based on this conviction, the policy pursued by King Mohammed VI has since the beginning been based on the diversification of partners through historic visits that the sovereign has made to several world capitals, from Moscow to Beijing, as well as to Western capitals, relay Al Ahdath Al Maghribia.

The King also launched several initiatives aimed at preparing the ground for “achieve the declared ambition in order to serve the people of the black continent“, explains the daily, specifying that in doing so, Nasser Bourita “highlighted three major royal initiatives: the Rabat process on Atlantic African countries, access of Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean and the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline».

These initiatives tangibly embody the call that the sovereign continually reiterates to change the approach of traditional partners towards the African continent, concluded the Minister of Foreign Affairs.