Relationship dossier
Belgium
Morocco
Relationship assessment
Belgium and Morocco have an active partnership, formalized in a 2022 declaration, alongside differing sensitivities over Western Sahara.
Belgium toward Morocco
+35The Belgian government agreed in a 2022 joint declaration with Morocco to expand cooperation, including on security, migration and economic issues. Belgium also voiced support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative for Western Sahara as a serious and credible basis for a solution within the UN framework.
Morocco toward Belgium
+35The Moroccan government hosted the Belgian prime minister’s 2022 visit and joined Belgium in a declaration setting out expanded bilateral cooperation, including on security, migration and economic issues.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship is underpinned by an explicit framework for expanded cooperation across several policy areas. Belgium’s stated support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative on Western Sahara is a significant point of alignment, though the breadth and implementation of bilateral commitments remain unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Belgium and Morocco maintain a substantive partnership that includes government cooperation on security, migration and economic issues. A 2022 joint declaration during Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo’s visit to Morocco set out an expanded framework for cooperation. Belgium also expressed support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative for Western Sahara as a serious and credible basis for a solution within the United Nations framework.
Key developments
Belgium and Morocco issued a joint declaration during Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo’s visit, setting out an expanded framework for cooperation.
Belgium expressed support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative for Western Sahara as a serious and credible basis for a solution within the UN framework.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the cooperation commitments in the 2022 joint declaration are unclear.
- The practical extent of Belgian-Moroccan cooperation on migration and security is uncertain.