Morocco’s southern provinces have emerged as a genuine catalyst for economic cooperation between Morocco and France, opening up new prospects for shared growth and African integration, economic actors from both countries emphasized on Thursday in Dakhla.

France strives to be a development partner for Morocco’s southern provinces for the benefit of the populations who aspire for a brighter future under the leadership of HM King Mohammed VI, French ambassador to Morocco, Christophe Lecourtier, said.

Morocco denounced on Tuesday the "blatant humanitarian anomaly" that has persisted for fifty years in the Tindouf camps in southwestern Algeria, calling on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to fully exercise its mandate. Morocco specifically urged the agency to carry out "independent and immediate registration" of the sequestered populations and ensure "free and unhindered humanitarian access" to the camps.

The President of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab Regional Council, Yanja El Khattat, stated on Friday that the amended agricultural agreement between Morocco and the European Union (EU) constitutes a major diplomatic and economic victory for the Kingdom.

“The Kingdom of Morocco and the European Union have successfully concluded, in a spirit of partnership and compromise, negotiations on the amendment of the agricultural agreement between the two parties,” Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates Nasser Bourita, said on Thursday.