Sahara: Guatemala renews full support for Autonomy Plan, confirms opening of consulate in Dakhla

Guatemalan deputy foreign minister Ava Atzum Arevalo Tribouillier de Moscoso reiterated, Monday in Rabat, her country’s full support to the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan in the southern provinces, as the only solution to the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, and announced the opening of a consulate in Dakhla.

“We fully support Morocco and its autonomy initiative in the Sahara, which we consider the only solution to this dispute,” said the Guatemalan deputy minister at the end of a meeting with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita.

“We know that Morocco is a country with great potential. That is why we will open a Consulate General of our country in Dakhla,” said the Guatemalan official.

“I am in Morocco today to prepare the visit to the Kingdom of our Minister of Foreign Affairs who will proceed next month to the inauguration of our Consulate in Dakhla,” she added.

Guatemala announced on September 23, 2022, through its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mario Bucaro Flores, its decision to open a Consulate in Dakhla, reaffirming its support for the autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty as the only solution to the regional dispute over the Sahara.

“For us, the concepts of sovereignty, peace and territorial integrity are very important. We support Morocco’s position on this issue and we will continue to support Morocco forever,” said the Guatemalan head of diplomacy in a statement to the press after a recent meeting with Bourita on the sidelines of the 77th UN General Assembly.

Bucaro Flores seized the opportunity to hail the reforms undertaken in Morocco under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, and commend the king’s contribution to the resolution of the problems of Africa and the Arab world by peaceful means.