This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
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The support expressed by Kenya at the Moroccan autonomy level to resolve the artificial conflict around the Moroccan Sahara was widely commented by the local press, which highlighted a major turning point in bilateral relations between Rabat and Nairobi.
The Citizen media emphasizes that this official position marks an alignment of Kenya with international dynamics favorable to Morocco’s sovereignty over its southern provinces.
He also recalls the opening on Monday of the Kenya Embassy in Rabat, described as a new stage in the six decades of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
For its part, Nation emphasizes the content of the joint press release published at the end of the meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad, Nasser Bourita, and the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora of the Kenya Republic, Musalia Mudavadi.
The daily highlights the recognition explicit by Nairobi of the Moroccan plan as the only sustainable approach to the regulations of the Sahara file, breaking with past positions.
For KBC, this decision of Kenya is part of a context of growing support for the Moroccan autonomy initiative, carried by the leadership of King Mohammed VI.
The public media also notes Nairobi’s commitment to cooperate with other states sharing this vision to promote the implementation of the autonomy plan.
For his part, Kenyans underlines the support brought by Nairobi to the royal initiative aimed at providing landlocked Sahelian countries with strategic access to global commercial roads via the Atlantic ports of the Kingdom.
This royal initiative is a coherent approach with Kenya’s desire to strengthen regional economic integration, adds the newspaper.
