There are many occasions when the wives and daughters of executives help to thaw international relations in a complex situation.. It is no secret that this was currently not the case in Morocco and France, especially after the allegations against Rabat of spying on French officials and the visa and Sahara issues.
Macron’s policy of rapprochement with Algeria, which broke off relations with Morocco in 2021, increased the intensity of differences between the two parties, which went so far as to freeze visits by officials and create a diplomatic vacuum, recall Moroccan media.
Bilateral relations continued until the appointment of Samira Sitail as the new ambassador in Paris and the reception of the new French ambassador in Rabat by King Mohammed VI.
ANDIn this context, the Moroccan Princesses Lalla Meryem, Lalla Asmaa and Lalla Hasnaa were received for a lunch at the Elysee Palace at the invitation of Brigitte Macron, wife of the President of the Republic. “This visit marks the official end of the silent crisis between the two countries. Will the visit of the Princesses to the Elysée Palace pave the way for a historic French recognition of the Saharan Moroccan identity?”, ask the same media.