Atlantic façade
Achieving the goal is no easy task both on the battlefield and in the fight for the famous propaganda-driven narrative. Now, all of a sudden, the student mobilisations in the United States and Europe are emerging. Nothing accidental, nothing to do with the poor treatment of women by Hamas in Gaza or the Taliban in Afghanistan for so long. It seems to come out of the blue, there are no coincidences in these interests, but we will know who, how and with what money the supposed emotional innocence of university students is manipulated, although we may have some suspicions.
In between, we Europeans face a serious threat from instability in the Sahel region of Africa, which is given far less attention than it deserves for the degree it represents. This is another scenario used by terrorist groups, Islamic radicals, Russian and Iranian paramilitaries, with some cover from Algeria.
It must be repeated over and over again that the stability of this region of Africa is the stability of Europe and the world. France's military presence in countries such as Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger came to an end after Russian-driven coups, leaving the region with not only anti-French, formerly colonising, but also anti-European sentiment.
Moscow is pursuing its repeated goal of gaining an outlet to the Atlantic at a point as strategic as the Sahara or Mauritania. For 48 years, US and EU geostrategic interests and Morocco's territorial integrity have thwarted it. And now all the more so after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
For some months now, a major initiative has been underway, promoted by King Mohammed VI and taken up and endorsed by the countries of the region with the support of the US and European countries such as Spain, to strengthen the so-called Atlantic façade in order, among other measures, to allow the Sahel countries to use the ports in the Sahara to trade their products.
It is seen as an opportunity to boost the economy and consolidate the institutions of these countries, encourage foreign investment and extend influence from the Atlantic façade. Rabat presents itself as a key actor in containing many of the threats arising from the turbulence in the Sahel region, contributing significantly to maintaining peace and promoting the values of cooperation in all sectors.
Morocco's Director General for National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, discussed with his Spanish counterparts in Madrid details of this strategic operation for all, which is closely linked to joint efforts to tackle terrorist threats and various forms of organised crime, in particular irregular immigration networks, human trafficking and drug trafficking.
Hammouchi also discussed with his Spanish counterparts the different threats and security risks in the regional environment of the two countries, as well as the mechanisms for developing and expanding the areas of bilateral security cooperation in order to face all these challenges and risks with a common vision.
It should be recalled that France has had to rebuild its relations with Morocco after many months of deadlock because, as the French Interior Minister said in Rabat, the security of the Olympic Games in Paris depends to a large extent on cooperation with Morocco and its security and intelligence services.