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France on Wednesday renewed its unwavering support for the Morocco-proposed initiative offering a large autonomy to the Sahara provinces in a bid to settle definitely the Western Sahara artificial conflict. The support was reiterated by French Foreign Affairs Minister, Jean-Yves le Drian, at a meeting with the new UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for the […]
The Chilean parliament adopted with a sweeping majority a resolution supporting Morocco’s initiative to grant the Sahara a substantive autonomy. Sixty-six Chilean MPs voted in favor, 11 against and 22 abstained. This outspoken support for the autonomy initiative, which Morocco presented to the UN in 2007 as a lasting solution to the Sahara dispute, is […]
France has renewed support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative as a final peaceful solution to the Sahara dispute, said a joint statement issued at the end of the 13th Moroccan-French High-level Meeting. The document reiterated that Morocco’s autonomy proposal represents a “serious and credible solution” and a basis to reach a just, lasting and mutually acceptable […]
King Mohammed VI reiterated attachment to the firmly established principles and terms of reference on which the Moroccan position on the Sahara question is based, saying that settling the artificial dispute is only conceivable within the framework of Morocco’s “full sovereignty”. “No’ to any solution to the Sahara question other than within the framework of […]
Morocco’s African leadership, the situation in North Africa and the Sahel as well as the longstanding American-Moroccan relations were at the heart of talks Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita had with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other US officials during a visit to Washington Thursday. In a statement to the press, Bourita said […]
King Mohammed VI has pointed out Sunday that Morocco’s firm and unambiguous policy has helped put the process of the settlement of the artificial dispute over the Sahara back on the right track. This came in a speech he delivered Sunday on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and […]
The EU, France, Spain and Germany have welcomed the appointment of Germany’s former President Horst Köhler as new Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara. “The EU is looking forward to working with Kohler,” said an EU Spokesperson in a statement to Morocco’s news agency. “The EU continues to encourage all parties […]
The Brazilian Congress approved a motion calling on their government to support the efforts undertaken by Morocco to find a political and mutually acceptable solution to the artificial dispute over the Sahara. The motion, sent to Brazil’s foreign minister Aloysio Nunes, also commends the autonomy initiative which was submitted by Morocco in April 2007 and […]
Morocco’s foreign ministry voiced satisfaction with the support expressed by the US for a political solution to the Sahara issue based on the autonomy proposal under the Kingdom’s sovereignty. In a statement issued Friday following the adoption by the Congress of the US 2017 appropriation bill, the foreign ministry “welcomed the provisions relating to the […]
Morocco’s foreign Ministry has issued a statement welcoming the UN Security Resolution 2351 on the Sahara and deploring Algeria’s role in perpetuating the conflict. “Morocco takes note and expresses satisfaction at the unanimous adoption of the UN Security Council resolution 2351,” the statement said while holding Algeria responsible for perpetuating the conflict. The resolution, adopted […]