The recent United Nations Security Council vote that endorsed Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara captured international attention. Upon the voting results that saw Morocco and its allies cheering what they called a diplomatic breakthrough, there might have been some feeling of disappointment at the fact that some hard-won friends or seemingly reliable partners of the North African kingdom have to date chosen not to fully embrace this increasingly irreversible Moroccan momentum.
A case in point is Pakistan which, despite being a long-standing ally of Morocco, chose to abstain on this matter. For some in Morocco, the decision was shocking. Since the country’s independence, Pakistan has consistently supported Morocco in the OIC, Non-Aligned Movement, and the United Nations. However, in international relations, friends and foreign policy are two different concepts. The former often disputes the latter due to the country’s behavior being ruled by law and precedent, not memory and love.
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