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Bilateral relations
President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito in
Meknes
in 1961.
Morocco?Yugoslavia relations
were historical foreign relations between
Morocco
and now
split-up
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
. Two countries established formal bilateral relations on 2 March 1957.
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Both countries were founding members of the
Non-Aligned Movement
. Moroccan king Hassan II supported Yugoslav bid to host the first conference of the movement in 1961 even over the candidacy of
Cairo
.
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The belief was that Yugoslav bid will
“increase the possibility of wider Arab participation”
irrespective of some internal divisions.
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Yugoslav diplomacy on its part gave high priority to country's relations with non-bloc
Mediterranean
countries.
The issue of Western Sahara in bilateral relations
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Friendly initial relations between the two countries suffered from the unresolved issue of the
Western Sahara
which gained prominence among some Non-Aligned countries, including some of the major Yugoslav partners. As Yugoslavia was the first European country which recognized the independence of
Algeria
some NAM member states believed that they will be able to pressure Belgrade to be the first European country to recognize the
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
.
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During the
Polisario Front
visit to Belgrade led by
Mustafa Ould Salek
,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia
Milo? Mini?
excused Yugoslav president from the meeting by his heavy workload burden at the time.
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Mini? and president Tito subsequently met
Prime Minister of Morocco
Maati Bouabid
where the Western Sahara was discussed.
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While Yugoslav side showed some dissatisfaction with perceived Moroccan rigidity over the issue, Moroccan side appreciated the friendly atmosphere in which concerns were shared.
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On 28 November 1984 Yugoslavia recognized the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
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Yugoslav recognition was
61 recognition
and the first one (and alongside 1987 Albanian the only one) in Europe. This led to a 4 years long period of rupture in formal relations between the two countries. Yugoslav decision was subsequently recalled by
Serbia and Montenegro
(one of the successor states) in early 2000's which led to development of relations between Serbia and Morocco centered over the shared views on the
status of Western Sahara
and
Kosovo
.
List of bilateral state visits
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Yugoslav visits to Morocco
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