The London Court of Appeal irrevocably rejected, this Thursday, May 25, the appeal filed by the pro-separatist NGO “WSC” against a previous decision of the Administrative Court, rejecting its petition that sought to question the association agreement that links Morocco with the United States. Kingdom.

This is the third setback of this type, since last December, suffered by the separatists. The jurisprudence thus created that confirms the validity of the association agreement that unites the two countries has the effect of a boomerang. Biting towards the enemies of the territorial integrity of the Kingdom, it confirms at the same time that this agreement does benefit the populations and the development of all the regions of the Kingdom, from north to south.

According to several Moroccan and British analysts, this judicial decision also highlights the repeated failures of the real actor instigating the conflict around the Moroccan Sahara, who, despite his malicious inclinations, fails in his attempts to persuade justice. trade agreement concluded and supported by the two kingdoms.

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Trade between Morocco and the UK has grown steadily, in both directions, since the deal was concluded, with bilateral flows peaking at £2.9bn in the third quarter of 2022, £1bn more than in the same period of the previous year.

The Association Agreement between Morocco and the United Kingdom, signed in London on October 26, 2019, entered into force on January 1, 2021.

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It restores, within the framework of bilateral relations, all the effects that the two countries gave each other, reciprocally, within the framework of the Morocco-EU Association Agreement. It thus ensures the continuity of exchanges between Morocco and the United Kingdom after December 31, 2020.

By allowing the two Kingdoms to establish themselves in a long-term structured association, endowed with operational and institutionalized cooperation instruments, and driven by a common ambition, the Agreement constitutes a guarantee for Moroccan and British companies that establish economic and commercial relations in all areas of cooperation.

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