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UN Secretary General António Guterres meets this Thursday Head of the UN Mission for the Sahara (MINURSO) Colin Stewart, whose mandate ends on October 31, 2021, according to UN sources. This meeting comes as the Sahara talks are at a standstill since the two round-table meetings held in Geneva more than two years ago, while […]
Honduras has reiterated its support for the Moroccan autonomy initiative for the Sahara, describing it as “the only solution to the regional dispute, within the framework of Morocco’s sovereignty”. In a letter sent by the First Secretary of the Congress of Honduras, Jose Tomas Zambrano Molina, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita, Honduras […]
Morocco has exposed Algeria’s brazen lies and craven attempts to mislead the international community by spreading false information on Western Sahara during the latest virtual ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held July 13-14. In a letter addressed to NAM presidency, Morocco’s permanent representative to UN Omar Hilale responded to the provocative and offensive […]
The government of Brazil has praised the “serious and credible” efforts made by Morocco for a lasting resolution of the Sahara regional conflict. The remarks were made by Brazil’s foreign minister Carlos Alberto Franco França during a phone talk Monday with his Moroccan peer Nasser. Carlos Alberto also reaffirmed his country’s support for the UN-led […]
The government of Turkmenistan has reaffirmed its strong support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and to the autonomy plan offered by the Kingdom for a lasting and peaceful resolution of the Sahara conflict. This supportive stand was voiced by Turkmenistan’s Foreign minister Rashid Meredov during the 4th Political Consultations meeting held Thursday remotely between the two […]
Serbia has reiterated its strong backing to Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara and to its territorial integrity. The Serbian supportive stand was voiced by Speaker of National Assembly Ivica Dačić at a meeting held Wednesday in Rabat with Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita. The two officials expressed satisfaction over the excellent historical ties existing between […]
Hungary’s Foreign Ministry has posted, Monday, on its official website, the joint Moroccan-Hungarian declaration which was adopted at the end of the visit paid by Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto to Morocco last week. In this document, Hungary supports the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan for the Sahara and commends the development efforts undertaken by Morocco in the […]
African economic powerhouse, Ethiopia, expressed support for the efforts led by Morocco to find a lasting political solution to the Sahara conflict within the umbrella of the UN. This came during a videoconference between foreign minister Nasser Bourita and his Ethiopian peer Demeke Mekonnen Hassen, who reiterated his country’s attachment to resolution 693 of the […]
Foreign Minister of Eswatini Thulisile Dladla has reaffirmed her country’s “constant and steadfast“ support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara. During talks she held on Wednesday remotely with Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, Mrs Dladla commended Morocco’s efforts to reach a political solution to this regional dispute. She expressed backing to the UN-led […]
Washington has unarchived on Tuesday the “Tripartite Joint Declaration between the United States, Morocco and Israel” and posted the text on the State Department website, confirming thus the recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara by the US administration. The move from archived to unarchived is significant as it declares the information to be […]