France reiterates unwavering position in support of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara

France, a permanent member of the UN Security Council,  reiterated, on Wednesday, its “unwavering” position in support of Morocco’s support over its Sahara.

Following a meeting with the minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, on the sidelines of his participation in the 4th Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies, the head of French diplomacy, Jean Noël Barrot “recalled France’s position, for which the present and future of the Western Sahara fall within the framework of Moroccan sovereignty,” according to a statement by the French Foreign Ministry issued after the meeting.

“The autonomy plan proposed by Morocco in 2007, which is gaining increasing international consensus, remains the only basis for achieving a just, lasting, and negotiated political solution, in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolutions,” the statement said. In this context, “France is firmly committed at the United Nations to a definitive political settlement of this issue,” the Foreign Ministry added.

The statement also said that the two ministers discussed at their meeting the many areas in which French-Moroccan particularly rich bilateral relationship has deepened- notably with regard to industrial and strategic partnership, mobility, and global issues- and encouraged the continuation of this positive momentum.

During the meeting, Barrot welcomed Morocco’s recent accession to the group of countries with a feminist foreign policy (FFP+) as well as Bourita’s participation in this ministerial conference.

The two ministers also exchanged views on regional and international issues of common interest, the statement added.

Barrot “praised the prospects for strengthening the Euro-Moroccan and Euro-Mediterranean partnership in all its dimensions, to the benefit of both continents,” and reaffirmed his commitment to making Franco-Moroccan cooperation a key instrument in addressing regional and international crises.