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The Morocco-proposed autonomy plan was strongly supported as the only solution to the regional dispute over the Sahara during the regional seminar of the Committee of 24 (C24) of the United Nations for the Caribbean, held in Castries, Saint Lucia, this May 11 to 13. During this seminar, several countries representing the different regions of […]
Morocco has once again highlighted Algeria’s role as the main party to the Sahara conflict, stressing if Algeria was so attached to the principle of self-determination, it had better let the occupied Kabylie with its 12 million people practice that right. “You ask for self-determination for the 20,000 people that you are holding in the […]
In just one day, Morocco has gained unprecedented international political and diplomatic support for its territorial integrity and sovereignty over its Sahara, leaving the enemies of the North African Kingdom in complete dismay and utterly gobsmacked. On Wednesday, several foreign ministers who were attending in Marrakesh the meeting of the Global Coalition against Daesh/ISIS, have […]
Cyprus foreign minister Ioannis Kasoulides has voiced his country’s support to the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for a lasting solution to the Sahara conflict. At a joint press briefing held Wednesday in Marrakech with Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition against Daech, Mr. Kasoulides said […]
Bahrain has reiterated its support to the Moroccanness of the Sahara and to the sovereignty of the North African Kingdom, a support that materialized by the setting up of a Consulate General in Laayoune. This came in a joint statement issued Tuesday in Marrakech, after talks between the Bahraini and Moroccan Foreign Ministers Abdullatif Bin […]
Egypt reiterated its position in support of Morocco’s territorial integrity and UN efforts in line with UN Security council resolution 2602 which stressed the preeminence of the autonomy plan. This came in a joint statement following talks in Rabat between Moroccan and Egyptian foreign ministers, Nasser Bourita and Sameh Choukri. The two countries expressed in […]
The UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, is expected to undertake a second tour in the region for talks with the parties involved in the Sahara dispute. De Mistura made the announcement Wednesday following the semi-annual closed-door consultations meeting on the Sahara issuea. According to press reports, he said the […]
The UN Security Council holds this Wednesday a behind-closed doors meeting on the Sahara. The Council will be briefed by Minurso Chief Alexander Ivanko and UN Envoy for the Sahara Staffan de Mistura. It is the first time that de Mistura addresses the Security Council members since his appointment as the Personal Envoy of the […]
The bold decision announced by the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in support of Morocco’s autonomy plan was near to traumatic for some circles in Spain that continue to view their North African neighbor using colonial lenses. Spain and Morocco have both turned a page on an unprecedented crisis that threatened to sap their bilateral […]
Spain deems the Moroccan autonomy plan, presented in 2007, as the “most serious, realistic and credible basis for the resolution of the Sahara dispute.” In a joint statement issued following the talks held Thursday in Rabat with King Mohammed VI, Spanish Prime minister Pedro Sanchez says Madrid “recognizes the importance of the Sahara issue for […]