Interview in Le Monde with Khadija Mohsen-Finan about Moroccan foreign policy and diplomacy
“Le Maroc est en train de modifier sa stratégie sur le Sahara Occidental” – 08.03.2017
Link to the article : http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2017/03/08/le-maroc-est-en-train-de-modifier-sa-strategie-sur-le-sahara-occidental_5091331_3212.html
Khadija Mohsen-Finan deciphers Rabat’s change of direction after its reintegration in the African Union and the arrival of a new UN general secretary. Discussion registered by Charlotte Bozonnet.
Return to the African Union, evacuation of the Guerguerat contested area, closer ties with the new UN general secretary : according to Kadhija Mohsen-Finan, political specialist of the Maghreb, researcher at the Paris 1 University, the Cherifian kingdom has chosen a new direction to lead its strategy on the Western Sahara conflict.
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