Former number 2 of France’s Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE) from 2002 to 2003 and senior official responsible for economic intelligence under Prime Minister François Fillon until 2009, Alain Juillet is also a pioneer in economic intelligence in France, boasting I have real expertise in geopolitics and international relations.
In exchange with Le360, on the sidelines of a meeting organized on Thursday, May 23, at the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Morocco under the theme “The Place of the Kingdom of Morocco on the World Stage”, confirmed that Morocco would be a perfect candidate for BRICS. “Morocco fits what BRICS is looking for today. And BRICS is the future. This group becomes a leading force in the world“, he asserted.
BRICS, which became BRICS+ on January 1, 2024, after the accession of five new members, is an organization that gathers ten countries that meet at annual meetings: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia , Ethiopia and Iran.
“I think that Morocco, which is interested in different axes such as the Sahel, Africa, the Middle East, the United States, China and Spain, is in the process of launching development axes, which means that in the future it will have answers from all sides that will allow it to develop», explained the man who today holds the position of honorary president of the Academy of Economic Intelligence and the Club of Security Directors of Economic Intelligence Companies in front of a multitude of French and Moroccan officials. “When you see Morocco’s relations with the BRICS countries, logic would dictate that one day it will become a member of this grouping.“, he added.
For July, “a question needs to be asked at the level of Moroccan foreign affairs: when will Morocco join BRICS?» he asked, claiming that the kingdom “legitimate and will be supported by Brazil, China and the countries of the Middle East. This is not an assumption that should be forgotten“.
On the subject of the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, Alain Juillet wanted to emphasize that, for him, “the question never came up“. “When the kingdom of Fez moved from Seville to Senegal in 900, it also included the Moroccan Sahara“, he recalled. “On this side, France is also developing. It is developing as Spain, Germany and others have already done. Today, everyone says that the Moroccan nature of the Sahara is obvious“, he remarked.
05/24/2024 at 12:47 p.m.