New York, , 14 December 2020 (SPS) - Morocco cannot count on U.S. diplomatic support for its expansionist plans in Western Sahara beyond January 20, when U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes office, according to the Bloomberg agency, which says that the United States loses much more than it gains from Trump's decision.
"If it is politically awkward for President-elect Joe Biden to immediately reverse Trump's decision, he will certainly not accept it enthusiastically," according to an article published by the Bloomberg agency.
"Morocco cannot count on U.S. diplomatic support, at the UN or elsewhere, beyond January 20," writes journalist Bobby Ghosh, calling the trilateral arrangement between the United States, Israel and Morocco over Western Sahara "a crude quid pro quo," said the source.
"Like so many of Trump’s foreign-policy decisions, the U.S. loses much more than it gains from the bargain. And the tawdriness of it taints the winners," according to the Bloomerg Agency.
"But the king must know that American recognition of a country’s claims is not the carte blanche it used to be — and that Trump has done more to devalue the currency than any other previous occupant of the White House. It is highly unlikely that another world power will join the U.S. in its endorsement. The United Nations has already announced its position on Western Sahara is “unchanged,” the source further reported.
Plus, in a matter of weeks, Morocco will find that the U.S. position has changed. If it is politically awkward for President-elect Joe Biden to immediately overturn Trump’s decision, he will certainly not embrace it with any enthusiasm. Morocco can’t rely on American diplomatic support, in the UN or elsewhere, beyond Jan. 20, according to the same news agency.
Indeed, the UN maintains a peacekeeping force in the territory and has been pursuing a settlement plan meant to eventually allow the people of Western Sahara to choose between independence and integration with Morocco.
Morocco’s problems in Western Sahara will not go away. Fighting with the independence-seeking Polisario Front, which recently resumed after a three-decade cease-fire, will undoubtedly intensify, concluded the source. (SPS)
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