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The production of natural gas in Morocco is expected to increase from 98 million cubic meters in 2020, to more than 110 million cubic meters in 2021, the Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Ms. Laila Benali said in a speech to Parliament, adding that “this is a low level, compared to the annual national consumption that now exceeds one billion cubic meters.”

The speech delivered by King Mohammed VI on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the Green March reflects the strength of the Moroccan commitment and the depth of the arguments and tangible achievements that enshrine the primacy of the Sahara issue as a priority in the Kingdom’s domestic and foreign policies, said Mohamed Bouden, a political scientist and president of the Atlas Center for the analysis of political and institutional indicators.

Accused on several occasions of committing “hostile acts,” Morocco is not ready to give in to Algiers’ provocations. “If Algeria wants war, Morocco does not want it. Morocco will never be drawn into a spiral of violence and regional destabilization,” said an informed Moroccan source in reaction to Algiers’ claim that three of its nationals died in the Sahara, in a bombing blamed on the Moroccan army.