Dominican Republic reiterates ‘absolute recognition’ of Moroccanness of Sahara, considers opening of Consulate in Dakhla

The Dominican Republic has reiterated its “absolute recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara”, and underlined that it “considers favorably” the opening of a Dominican consulate in the town of Dakhla.

The Dominican Minister of External Relations, Roberto Alvarez, had sent a written message to his Moroccan peer in order to bring to the attention of King Mohammed VI on behalf of the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, his country’s position on the Moroccan Sahara issue, a press release by the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday.

The Dominican Republic “reiterates its absolute recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara,” and its Ministry of Foreign Relations “considers favorably”, “the opening of a Dominican consulate in the city of Dakhla,” the press release said.

The Dominican Republic “reaffirms that the autonomy initiative presented by the Kingdom of Morocco in 2007 constitutes the realistic, credible and serious solution for reaching a negotiated agreement between the parties” to the Sahara issue, the press release added.

The Dominican minister also informed his Moroccan peer that “President Luis Abinader has expressed the wish to pay a state visit to the Kingdom of Morocco, in order to further strengthen political, commercial and cooperation ties” between the two countries, the press release stated.