Morocco’s 50th Epic Green March Commemorated at French Senate
Paris - The 50th anniversary of the Green March was celebrated on Thursday at the French Senate in Paris during a meeting held by the France-Morocco Friendship Group and Morocco's Embassy in France.
The event highlighted the historical significance of this glorious moment, forever engraved in Morocco’s collective memory as a symbol of national unity.
At the prestigious Palais du Luxembourg, the conference brought together senators, diplomats, jurists, experts, and figures from various backgrounds from both Morocco and France, all proud to share their insights on this commemoration, which embodies the symbiosis between the people and the Alaouite Throne.
The event also took place in light of the Kingdom’s major diplomatic successes regarding the Moroccan Sahara, under the leadership of HM King Mohammed VI.
From the memorable day of November 6, 1975, a documentary shared with the audience the landmark moments of this glorious saga, when 350,000 Moroccan volunteers responded to the call of the late His Majesty Hassan II, marching to the Sahara to reaffirm the Moroccan sovereignty over the territory.
The film highlighted the fruit of the far-sighted Vision of HM King Mohammed VI marked by the recent adoption of the historic UN Security Council Resolution 2797, and showcased the development momentum underway in the southern provinces under the Sovereign’s impetus.
Christian Cambon, President of the France-Morocco Friendship Group in the French Senate hailed the “historic vote” of the United Nations Security Council on October 31, which adopted Resolution 2797 on the Moroccan Sahara.
“The Green March remains in people’s minds as a unique symbol of national unity.” seeing it as a source of inspiration for the ongoing and sustained development of the southern provinces under the Sovereign’s leadership.”
Cambon expressed his delight that the fiftieth anniversary of such an important date in Morocco’s history “can be celebrated here at the Senate, in a spirit of friendship and dialogue between our two countries.”
For his part, Mohamed Zidouh, President of the Group in the Chamber of Councillors, praised the Green March under the reign of HM the King.
In his view, this saga “has found a natural extension in the massive investments dedicated to the southern provinces, in the implementation of advanced regionalization, and in a pragmatic diplomacy rooted in realism.”
He cited in this regard the major infrastructure projects, the promotion of renewable energy, the support for human development, and the strengthened opening toward Africa have now made the southern provinces as an essential pillar of modern Morocco.
In the same vein, Morocco’s Ambassador to France Samira Sitaïl noted that “fifty years ago, the Green March was one of the greatest moments of unity, faith, and peaceful discipline in our contemporary history.”
But this year, she pointed out, “there is something different, something unprecedented: the commemoration of the Green March coincides, almost to the day, with the adoption by the Security Council, on October 31, of Resolution 2797 on the question of the Moroccan Sahara, which enshrines an undeniable truth: that of a Moroccan Sahara—stable, prosperous, and forward-looking.”
For Sitaïl, this vote by the Security Council does not create a new reality, but rather “confirms the one that Morocco has been building for fifty years.”
Editorial team/le7tv
