Pak Sahafat – Analytical news site “Rai Elium” wrote: Morocco wants to use its stunning success in the World Cup as a tool to gain international support for the issue of Western Sahara, as well as to win the hosting of the Africa Cup in 2025 and the World Cup in 2030.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, from Rai Elyoum from Rabat, the capital of Morocco, quoted analysts and wrote that Morocco is looking to exploit the world’s surprise from its success in the World Cup as a diplomatic asset and in this way to gain a better position in football and also get the support of countries for its hosting of the World Cup.
This report states: Exploiting this success to advance its goals in the long-term conflict in the Western Sahara issue is one of the other goals of the Maghreb, while the Polisario Front is seeking independence with the support of Algeria.
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According to this news site, Morocco’s qualification as the first African team to the semi-finals stage of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the raising of this country’s flag throughout the Middle East and the African continent have provided this opportunity for Morocco.
In the continuation of this report, Rai Alyoum quoted a high-ranking source in the Moroccan Football Federation and wrote that exploiting the current World Cup atmosphere will help Morocco strengthen its chances to host the African Cup of Nations in 2025 and the World Cup in 2030.
This source said that Morocco has the necessary stadiums and infrastructure to host these cups, and the presence of the country’s national team as the first African team in the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup has also made this team popular on the African continent.
The African Union recognized the independence of the Western Sahara in 1984, and Morocco withdrew its membership in this union in protest, but it returned to the African Union in 2017 and its presence and activities in this framework as well as uses deep relations sports with Africa and economic relations with the West to achieve his goals.