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00:18Thank you for joining us for this round of news.
00:20Here are the headlines.
00:21The proposal of partition of the Moroccan Sahara,
00:24mentioned by the special envoy of the UN Secretary General,
00:27is due to warm up.
00:29It is by this weapon that Nasser Bourita qualified this morning.
00:33The idea last mentioned by Staffan de Mistura
00:35is rejected by the Kingdom.
00:37Details in a few moments.
00:41The United States claims to want to end as soon as possible
00:44the open war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah
00:47on the basis of a UN resolution
00:49planning the withdrawal of all armed groups
00:51from the Israeli-Lebanese border.
00:57Israel claimed this Monday
00:59to have hit a Hezbollah bunker
01:01containing tens of millions of dollars.
01:03An attack that is part of its offensive
01:05against the financial interests of the Lebanese movement.
01:08We meet again right now for the development.
01:13Welcome ladies and gentlemen.
01:15We start with diplomacy.
01:17French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife
01:20will make a state visit to Morocco on Monday,
01:23October 28, on Wednesday, October 30.
01:26This is what the Ministry of the Royal House,
01:29the Protocol and the Chancellery learned.
01:32The head of the Elysée will make this visit
01:34on the invitation of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
01:38This visit reflects the depth of bilateral relations
01:41based on a rooted and solid partnership
01:45in favor of the common will of the two heads of state
01:48to reaffirm the multidimensional ties
01:51uniting the two countries.
01:56For its part, Estonia considers the autonomy plan
01:59as a good, serious and credible basis
02:02for a definitive solution to the question of the Moroccan Sahara.
02:06The head of Moroccan diplomacy, Nasser Bourita,
02:08met today in Rabat his Estonian counterpart.
02:12The latter reiterated the support of his country
02:15to a process under the auspices of the United Nations
02:18for a just, pragmatic, sustainable and mutually acceptable
02:23solution to the question of the Moroccan Sahara.
02:26Estonia also welcomed the initiatives
02:29launched by His Majesty King Mohammed VI
02:31in promoting peace, stability
02:34and socio-economic development in Africa.
02:41It is necessary to warm up, as the terms used
02:44by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita,
02:47to qualify the partition proposal of the Moroccan Sahara
02:51mentioned by the special envoy of the UN Secretary-General.
02:55A proposal recently underlined by Staffan de Mistura
02:58is rejected by the Kingdom.
03:00The head of diplomacy said that this track
03:03was mentioned during the last visit of the special envoy
03:07to Morocco in April.
03:09These ideas were rejected by Morocco
03:11and are not even mentioned because they go against
03:14the principles of territorial integrity of the Kingdom
03:17which categorically refuses to listen to them.
03:22And by the voice of Nasser Bourita,
03:25Morocco has categorically rejected
03:28the hypothesis of the Moroccan Sahara
03:31proposed by Staffan de Mistura.
03:34For the head of Moroccan diplomacy,
03:37it is clear that he was inspired by this idea.
03:40The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs that we are listening to.
03:45First of all, we can say that this idea was proposed
03:49during his last visit to Morocco.
03:54The report of the special envoy of the United Nations,
03:57Staffan de Mistura,
03:59concerning his proposal of the partition of the Sahara
04:02is very real and was mentioned during his visit to Morocco
04:05in April last year.
04:07Morocco, Jeddah,
04:09his position is clear.
04:11He was instructed by King Mohammed VI.
04:14Morocco reiterated its clear position
04:17in response to the proposal of de Mistura
04:20which was formulated on the instructions of his Majesty
04:23King Mohammed VI,
04:25firmly rejecting these orientations
04:27aimed at failure,
04:29contrary to the position of the Kingdom and its people
04:32as it had already been expressed in 2002.
04:35Morocco's response is clear.
04:37First of all,
04:39this is a new and old thing.
04:43In the same way that we rejected the initial proposal,
04:46that of James Baker in 2002,
04:48on the proposal of Algeria,
04:50we have not given any interest to what seems to us to be a warm-up.
05:02Morocco, as his Majesty King Mohammed VI reminded us,
05:05does not negotiate its Sahara
05:07nor its territorial integrity.
05:09The Kingdom negotiates around a regional conflict
05:12with a neighboring country
05:14that disputes its sovereignty over its land.
05:21In other words,
05:23the Moroccan Sahara will never be the object
05:25of any compromise or concession,
05:27or even a discussion.
05:40De Mistura should have told us
05:42that he encouraged him to formulate these rejected ideas,
05:45because they go against the position
05:47of the principle of the Kingdom and the Moroccan people
05:50for which the Sahara is Moroccan
05:52and an integral part of the Kingdom.
06:09Also, Mr. De Mistura
06:11should have told us
06:13that they were the parties
06:15at the origin of this proposal
06:17and that they were their motivation.
06:28In the continuity of his diplomatic approach,
06:31Nasser Bourita wanted to respond
06:33to the words of Stéphane De Mistura
06:35on the implementation of the autonomy initiative
06:37proposed by Morocco.
06:39The latter had indeed mentioned
06:41the need for the Kingdom
06:43to give more details on its application,
06:45a proposal that the head
06:47of Moroccan diplomacy welcomed
06:49with usual clarity.
06:58The Moroccan position remains unchanged
07:00regarding the autonomy initiative.
07:02In this sense, I would like to recall
07:04the four pillars of the Moroccan position.
07:08First, the autonomy initiative
07:10is a point of achievement
07:12and not a starting point.
07:14This clarification highlights
07:16the importance of capital.
07:18The Kingdom considers autonomy
07:20as the ultimate solution to the differences,
07:22resulting in years of negotiations
07:24and strategic reflection.
07:26It is by no means a simple gateway
07:28to other compromises.
07:31Then, this initiative benefits
07:33from the constant and continuous support
07:35of the international community,
07:37notably thanks to the dynamic
07:39created by His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
07:41This support was materialized
07:43by the opening of consulates
07:45in the southern provinces
07:47as well as by the positions
07:49of the great powers
07:51and the European Union,
07:53recognizing autonomy
07:55as a serious and credible solution.
07:57This initiative thus took its course
07:59as the only framework
08:01that the international community
08:03can rely on.
08:05Then, there are untouchable red lines,
08:07mainly related to sovereignty
08:09and territorial integrity of the Kingdom.
08:11Some aspects of autonomy
08:13could be discussed in detail,
08:15but its intangible foundations
08:17cannot be questioned.
08:19These red lines are not only
08:21principles of sovereignty,
08:23but also constitutive elements
08:25of the territorial unity of the Kingdom,
08:27on which Morocco will never make concessions.
08:30Finally, once these red lines
08:32are respected and the involvement
08:34of other parties is proven,
08:36other questions can be addressed.
08:38The day when the other parties
08:40express their willingness
08:42to adopt this initiative
08:44and to engage in a process
08:46whose only basis will be
08:48the initiative of autonomy
08:50with respect to the existing red lines,
08:52it will be possible to discuss
08:54points that require precision.
08:57To talk about this,
08:59we will meet Zakaria Abou-Dab,
09:01a professor in international relations
09:03at the University of Morocco.
09:05Good evening, professor.
09:07Good evening, Abou-Bakar.
09:09Thank you very much.
09:11Estonia considers the autonomy plan
09:13as a good, serious and credible basis
09:15for a definitive solution
09:17to the question of the Moroccan Sahara.
09:19Can we therefore talk about
09:21a breakthrough in Moroccan diplomacy
09:23in the Baltic countries?
09:27Absolutely, because these are
09:29socialist countries,
09:31what we called the PECO,
09:33countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
09:35This is the first time
09:37that a country of this geographical area,
09:39but also of this geocultural area,
09:41since we have,
09:43in particular,
09:45Estonia, but also
09:47Lithuania and Latvia.
09:49I believe that we have to
09:51draw on the position
09:53of Finland and Denmark
09:55in relation to Northern Europe.
09:57Here now, at the same level
09:59as Eastern Europe,
10:01we have this interesting
10:03support that should be
10:05saluted and at the same time
10:07fructified, optimized,
10:09because it is growing.
10:11Estonia is part of the European Union
10:13and therefore it is already
10:15added to the list as a critical size
10:17of countries that have openly
10:19supported the Moroccan autonomy plan
10:21and also by extension
10:23I believe that this allows
10:25Morocco to gain in terms of visibility,
10:27to expand the sphere of partners,
10:29not only diplomatic,
10:31but also economic,
10:33and this is an interesting projection.
10:35I would like to remind you that
10:37Mr. Borita, the Moroccan Minister
10:39of Foreign Affairs,
10:41maybe two years ago,
10:43had visited the so-called Visegrad countries,
10:45which also include
10:47Slovakia, Czechia,
10:49I think Poland,
10:51Hungary or Romania.
10:53This kind of diplomatic breakthrough
10:55still allows Morocco
10:57to have anchors
10:59of this kind and at the same time
11:01it shows that, this is my point of view,
11:03that the Moroccan autonomy plan
11:05and all these international practices
11:07that have been observed
11:09in recent years, confirm the existence
11:11of an international custom.
11:13However, we know it, in international law,
11:15the international custom, that is to say
11:17the generalized practice of states,
11:19has received an international source of law,
11:21you know, and it has practically the same value
11:23as an international agreement
11:25in good and in bad terms,
11:27so yes, I totally agree to consider
11:29that this is a diplomatic breakthrough,
11:31however interesting,
11:33the main thing today,
11:35is to optimize all these recognitions
11:37and all these positive positions.
11:39In this same dynamic,
11:41Professor, Morocco
11:43has also rejected the caduc hypothesis
11:45of partition of the Moroccan Sahara
11:47proposed by Stéphane Demistura.
11:49For Minister Nasser Bourita,
11:51everything is up to his voice
11:53that gave him this idea.
11:55In your opinion, why did Demistura
11:57revive an idea already dead
11:59and encouraged him to do so?
12:03I think, frankly,
12:05it is the sign of his diplomatic failure
12:07because he has not made things move
12:09in IOTA since his nomination
12:11as a personal envoy.
12:13He made a few tours,
12:15but generally,
12:17we know, he still had a part
12:19taken, especially when he visited
12:21South Africa,
12:23and Morocco considered
12:25that this was a non-event.
12:27Therefore,
12:29I believe that his actions
12:31since he succeeded
12:33Mr. Heinz Kohler,
12:35the former personal envoy,
12:37did not really bring anything.
12:39There is, at the press level,
12:41some time, especially by the Reuters agency,
12:43which had leaked
12:45some information of this kind.
12:47But I would like to underline
12:49that the report presented
12:51by Mr. Guterres, who is a believer,
12:53does not mention this proposal.
12:55But Mr. Moroccan Minister
12:57of Foreign Affairs had said
12:59that the first time Mr. Demistura
13:01had talked about it was
13:03during his last visit in April 2024.
13:05Morocco rejected it categorically
13:07and strongly.
13:09Well, it recalls an angry precedent
13:11that had been proposed
13:13by the former Algerian president,
13:15Mr. Bouteflika,
13:17I think it was in 2002-2003,
13:19on the partition.
13:21And Morocco is clear,
13:23with a fundamental requirement,
13:25it is something non-negotiable.
13:27The territorial integrity of Morocco
13:29and the national unity
13:31do not suffer any concession.
13:33I will use a popular expression,
13:35he digs his own grave
13:37with his own hands.
13:39If it is not the expression
13:41that we use in diplomacy,
13:43it is personally disgusting.
13:45But I think that in the end,
13:47with this idea,
13:49he comes out of his silence
13:51and reveals something
13:53that Morocco rejects categorically.
13:55And this will push us
13:57to ask ourselves
13:59what will be the person
14:01who will succeed him
14:03in the context of this,
14:05unfortunately,
14:07probably,
14:09in the sense of strengthening
14:11his diplomatic position
14:13and in the case of sustainable development
14:15that the southern provinces know.
14:17Obviously, I could conclude
14:19by saying that this proposal
14:21is a non-event for us.
14:23And precisely,
14:25on the implementation
14:27of the autonomy initiative
14:29proposed by Morocco,
14:31Stéphane Demistura asked
14:33that the Kingdom detail this plan more.
14:35And on the other hand,
14:37he wants more details
14:39on this autonomy plan.
14:41So, in rhetoric and logic,
14:43we speak here of a kind of aphorism.
14:45That is to say, the two terms
14:47are contradictory, irreconcilable,
14:49irremediably.
14:51But at the same time,
14:53it proves that Mr. Demistura
14:55is not in a position of ease.
14:57And somewhere, once again,
14:59he had to hang on,
15:01I think, to salvage.
15:03You know, it is inaudible
15:05and could not be
15:07a viable option
15:09in the face of the diplomatic breakthrough
15:11in relation to the centrality
15:13of the Moroccan autonomy plan,
15:15which, since 2007, is considered
15:17the most serious and credible
15:19proposal. Today,
15:21if we have something to say
15:23in relation to this plan, it is elastic.
15:25That is to say, we could put what we want
15:27in terms of content, components,
15:29while respecting the major parameters
15:31and the fundamental lines,
15:33that is to say,
15:35its...
15:37...
15:39...
15:41the so-called national unity.
15:43What we could say in relation to this
15:45is that, alas, we have lost time
15:47with Mr. Demistura for two years
15:49or three years. Now,
15:51it is about moving forward,
15:53it seems to me, and the Security Council
15:55must soon take its responsibilities
15:57and consider that, in the end,
15:59as Borreta said,
16:01the autonomy plan is a turning point
16:03and that, in the end, it is the only basis
16:05for a negotiation that would not
16:07come out, once again,
16:09of the four fundamentals that have been
16:11recalled today by Mr. the Minister
16:13of Foreign Affairs.
16:15And with the firmness of the Kingdom of Morocco,
16:17thank you again, Zakaria Abu Dhab.
16:19I remind you that you are a professor
16:21in international relations
16:23at the University of Moamaïde 5 in Rabat.
16:25With pleasure. Good evening.
16:27Good evening.
16:29Also on Monday, in Rabat,
16:31Antigua and Barbuda reiterated
16:33their support for the territorial integrity
16:35of Morocco and for the sovereignty
16:37of the Kingdom over all of its territory,
16:39including the Sahara region,
16:41and reaffirmed their support
16:43for the Moroccan autonomy plan
16:45as the only solution to this difference.
16:47After a meeting between
16:49the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
16:51African Cooperation and Moroccans
16:53living abroad, Nasser Borreta
16:55and Antigua and Barbuda,
16:57Everly Paul Schaette-Green,
16:59both parties signed
17:01a joint statement.
17:03In this sense, Antigua
17:05and Barbuda reaffirmed
17:07their support for the Moroccan autonomy plan
17:09as the only credible,
17:11serious and realistic solution
17:13for the definitive settlement
17:15of these regional differences.
17:25This time in the Middle East,
17:27the United States
17:29wanted to put an end
17:31as soon as possible
17:33to the open war in Lebanon
17:35for almost a month
17:37between Israel and Hezbollah
17:39on the basis of a UN resolution
17:41planning the withdrawal
17:43of all armed groups
17:45from the Israeli-Lebanese border.
17:47At the same time,
17:49the Israeli army intensified
17:51its offensive against the pro-Iranian movement
17:53striking through Lebanon
17:55the offices of a financial
17:57organization that is folded to it.
17:59The Lebanese Ministry of Health
18:01reported today six deaths,
18:03including a child in an Israeli strike
18:05on the city of Balbek
18:07in eastern Lebanon
18:09and four rescuers killed
18:11in Israeli raids in 24 hours
18:13in the south.
18:15It is in the hope
18:17of capitalizing on the death
18:19of the leader of Hamas
18:21the American state is expected
18:23in the region to be able
18:25to put an end to the fire
18:27in the Gaza Strip.
18:29A breakthrough would be a push.
18:31Welcome to Kamala Harris
18:33engaged in a battle
18:35for the White House
18:37against Donald Trump.
18:39It will be the eleventh trip
18:41to the Middle East of Antony Blinken
18:43since the beginning of the war
18:45on October 7, 2023 in Israel.
18:47And in the context
18:49of its offensive in Lebanon
18:51against the financial interests
18:53of the Lebanese movement,
18:55the Israeli army
18:57claimed today to have hit
18:59a bunker in Hezbollah
19:01containing tens of millions of dollars
19:03declared the spokesman
19:05of the army, the counter-admiral
19:07Daniel Hagary.
19:09One of our priority targets
19:11was an underground safe
19:13containing tens of millions of dollars
19:15in gold and spices.
19:17The money used to finance
19:19the attacks of Hezbollah against Israel
19:21was added without specifying
19:23where it was exactly.
19:29The escalation of violence
19:31continues in the Middle East
19:33where the Israeli army continues
19:35its offensive in southern Lebanon
19:37where more than 50 towns
19:39were bombed yesterday.
19:41The Lebanese movement
19:43continues its offensive
19:45against three military bases
19:47near Haifa and Safed
19:49in northern Israel
19:51as well as against Israeli troops
19:53in southern Lebanon.
19:57Let's stay in the south
19:59of the country of Cedre,
20:01precisely in Marwan
20:03where the UN peacekeeping mission
20:05is still shooting at the alarm bell.
20:07The news indicates
20:09that one of its observation towers
20:11was deliberately destroyed
20:13as well as its closure.
20:15They were demolished yesterday
20:17by an Israeli army bulldozer.
20:19For these Blue Helmets,
20:21it is out of the question
20:23to leave their position
20:25as desired by the Israeli army
20:27whose shots in the direction
20:29of the Finul have so far
20:31wounded five elements
20:33of this UN force in Berlin.
20:35Berlin has also asked Israel
20:37to shed light on the destruction
20:39of the city of Cedre.
20:41Returning to the continent,
20:43let's go to Tunisia
20:45where President Haitham Saeed
20:47took an oath following his re-election
20:49on October 6.
20:51He has committed to restoring
20:53the social role of the state
20:55and to launch a legislative revolution
20:57in the countries of Tunis,
20:59Nicaragua and Béchar.
21:01After the euphoria of victory,
21:03it is now that the serious things
21:05begin for the tenant
21:07After putting his hand
21:09on the Koran,
21:11Haitham Saeed took an oath
21:13and pronounced a speech
21:15very much awaited by Tunisians
21:17in a solemn Arabic-language.
21:19The President revealed
21:21the horse of battle
21:23of a second mandate
21:25placed under the sign
21:27of building and construction.
21:31The sovereign people
21:33said their last word
21:35on October 6, 2024.
21:37The duty calls for saluting
21:39all those who have sacrificed
21:41for the independence of the country
21:43but also those who have liberated
21:45the country from traitors,
21:47thieves, tyrants
21:49and those who hoped
21:51to make the country implode
21:53and dislocate it.
21:55Saeed has reaffirmed
21:57in his speech
21:59that Tunisia will remain free
22:01and independent
22:03with the same will
22:05to save the country
22:07from all the corrupt and plotters.
22:11The speech of Haitham Saeed
22:13does not reassure
22:15the political parties
22:17because he accuses
22:19many of their leaders
22:21of being involved in corruption.
22:23It is clear that Haitham Saeed
22:25wants to build a new political scene
22:27with new political parties.
22:29At the protocol level
22:31the parliamentary session
22:33took place differently
22:35in terms of the absence
22:37of political parties
22:39and national organizations.
22:41Some analysts believe
22:43that this confirms
22:45Saeed's desire
22:47to enter a new era
22:49and to carry out a legislative
22:51and cultural revolution
22:53as he mentioned
22:55in his speech.
22:57The president is more aware
22:59than ever that the challenges
23:01are as numerous as they are complex.
23:03In particular, in terms of growth,
23:05inflation and debt,
23:07we are talking about political problems.
23:09All this in a climate of conflict
23:11with the opposition.
23:13From Tunisia, Najwa Bechat for Media.
23:17Now, a tour of the presidential
23:19office in the United States.
23:27On the 15th day of a very tight
23:29presidential election,
23:31the two candidates surf
23:33on the waves of natural disasters
23:35to court the voice of the investors.
23:37Kamala Harris must surrender
23:39in three key states,
23:41Pennsylvania, Michigan
23:43and Wisconsin.
23:45Donald Trump is expected
23:47to surrender in Asheville,
23:49North Carolina,
23:51strongly affected by Hurricane
23:53Helen at the end of September.
23:57The question
23:59of immigration
24:01is also at the heart
24:03of this American electoral campaign,
24:05as explained by Yasin El-Yatoui,
24:07Secretary-General
24:09and researcher associated
24:11with Neij Maroc.
24:13Immigration is really the core
24:15of the theme
24:17of these presidential
24:19elections.
24:21Donald Trump wants to continue
24:23what he did during his first
24:25term between 2016
24:27and 2020, which means
24:29having a very strict
24:31immigration policy,
24:33continuing his plan
24:35of walls that separate
24:37the United States and
24:39the border with Mexico,
24:41and also
24:43giving a priority
24:45to American domestic policy
24:47with a profound
24:49disengagement of the United States
24:51on the level of diplomacy.
24:53Donald Trump announced
24:55that the United States
24:57would no longer support
24:59the Ukrainian cause if it
25:01comes to power,
25:03and that the conflict
25:05also in the Middle East will be
25:07settled in a few months
25:09if it returns to the White House.
25:11While Kamala Harris
25:13has
25:15a speech
25:17responding
25:19to the inflation
25:21that the United States
25:23has been suffering for several years,
25:25since the COVID period,
25:27an inflation that
25:29is increasingly
25:31impoverishing American society.
25:33The middle class
25:35is suffering from this inflation.
25:37There is also
25:39a rate of unemployment
25:41that has fallen during
25:43Joe Biden's term,
25:45despite his great structural policies.
25:47So Kamala Harris
25:49has rather put
25:51the cursor on a social
25:53priority and an economic
25:55priority.
25:57The issue of youth
25:59will also be very important,
26:01because for the moment
26:03youth is absent
26:05in this presidential campaign,
26:07and the last two weeks
26:09that are taking place
26:11will be
26:13an important
26:15cursor for the two candidates
26:17in order to convince this
26:19abstentionist youth and answer their questions.
26:21These are rather environmental
26:23questions, also questions
26:25of the societal order,
26:27what the American society
26:29of tomorrow must be, and this is why
26:31Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are multiplying
26:33not the congresses
26:35and seminars or other
26:37big conferences,
26:39they are present
26:41on 2.0 on the Internet
26:43with famous
26:45YouTubers, famous streamers
26:47in order to recover
26:49this electorate which is for the moment
26:51very hesitant.
27:03This is the end of this news, thank you for following it.
27:15This is the end of this news, thank you for following it.