Inner circles | Morocco
Christophe Lecourtier, the well-connected ambassador tasked with reconciling Rabat and Paris

The French ambassador to Rabat, Christophe Lecourtier, in Paris in November 2022.
The French ambassador to Rabat, Christophe Lecourtier, in Paris in November 2022. © Eric Tschaen/REA
Good connections within the French right and Franco-Moroccan business circles have helped the French ambassador gain acceptance in the country he professes to love, despite past tensions between Paris and Rabat. He is now seen as the lynchpin of their rapprochement, particularly on Western Sahara. [...]
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