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Mali has reiterated its position in favor of Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its entire territory, including the Sahara region, while reaffirming its support for the Morocco-proposed Autonomy Plan as the only credible and realistic solution for resolving this regional dispute. This stance was expressed in the Joint Communiqué adopted at the close of […]
Romania affirmed it believes that “genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty could be a viable solution” to the issue of the Moroccan Sahara. This came in a message Romanian President Nicușor Dan addressed to King Mohammed VI. “We note that genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty could constitute a viable solution,” President Nicușor Dan emphasized in his […]
Ambassador Omar Hilale used the closing session of the UN Committee of 24’s regional seminar in Managua, Nicaragua on May 27, to deliver Morocco’s most direct statement yet on the institutional status of the Sahara dossier within the UN system: its continued presence on the C24’s agenda is anachronistic, legally inconsistent with the Charter, and […]
Morocco’s steady diplomatic gains on the Sahara issue and its growing network of global partnerships are highlighted in a recent report by the Washington-based Stimson Center, which portrays the Kingdom as an increasingly influential actor in regional and international affairs. Sahara issue According to the report, the Sahara issue- which Stimson center referred to as […]
The latest round of presidential bavardages delivered by President Tebboune was marked by a hint to an upcoming volt face on the Sahara issue as Algeria takes part in US-brokered talks in implementation of UN Security Council resolution 2797 calling on all parties to negotiate on basis of autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty. “For Western Sahara, […]
Ecuador reaffirmed on Friday its support for the autonomy initiative presented by Morocco in 2007, describing it as the only serious, credible, and realistic resolution to the regional dispute over the Sahara. This position was stated in a Joint Communiqué signed in Rabat following talks between Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabriela Sommerfeld, who is […]
The recent US-facilitated talks in Madrid mark a significant development in the long-standing Sahara dispute. For the first time in years, Algeria returned to the negotiating table alongside Morocco. The autonomy plan was the only proposal on the table. This diplomatic shift appears to have immediate reverberations inside Algeria. Notably, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune made no […]
The European Union has taken a clearer and more assertive stance on the Sahara issue, endorsing Morocco’s autonomy plan as a credible basis for resolving the long-standing dispute. The shift was formalized at the fifteenth EU–Morocco Association Council held in Brussels, where the 27 EU member states endorsed a joint communiqué with Rabat. According to […]
The Autonomy Plan offered by Morocco for the Sahara under its sovereignty is the ONLY realistic and feasible solution to this regional dispute, said on Tuesday Head of Govt. Aziz Akhannouch in New York at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly. Akhannouch, who delivered Morocco’s address, highlighted the international dynamic spurred by King […]
In a moment of diplomatic clarity, UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Staffan de Mistura has publicly acknowledged Algeria as a principal actor in the Sahara conflict. Speaking to the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), de Mistura made it clear that the Sahara conflict pits Morocco against Algeria, with the Polisario militias referred to simply […]