It maintains Moroccan Sahara in the programs of the US Agency for International Cooperation (USAID). The Morocco-EU Farm Agreement was renewed by the EU after conducting inclusive consultations with all stakeholders, including the Sahara local inhabitants. It extends EU preferential tariffs to all agricultural and fisheries products from the Southern provinces of Morocco. The EU considers Morocco as a key partner and one of its “major friends and allies” in the region. The Union says the adoption by the European Parliament of the Morocco-EU farm deal supports the local Sahara economy by promoting exports and responds to the will expressed by a large number of elected Sahrawi representatives, politicians, civil society militants and economic operators.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 21, 2019 15:33 UTC