US Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman reiterated, Tuesday in Rabat, Washington’s support to the autonomy plan, proposed by Morocco in 2007, as a final solution to the Sahara conflict.
“The United States continues to consider the Moroccan autonomy plan as serious, credible and realistic, and as an approach that can meet the aspirations of the people of the region,” reads a joint statement issued at the end of the session of the Moroccan-U.S. strategic dialogue on regional political issues.
The session was co-chaired by the U.S. official and the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita.
On this occasion, the two parties expressed their “firm support” to the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, in the conduct of the political process on the Sahara, conducted under the auspices of the United Nations.
They also referred to the Joint Declaration, signed on December 22, 2020 by the Kingdom of Morocco, the United States and the State of Israel, enshrining the U.S. recognition of the full sovereignty of the kingdom over its Sahara, as well as they discussed ways to strengthen this cooperation.
The US official welcomed, in this sense, the continued deepening of relations between Morocco and Israel.
The Moroccan-US strategic dialogue on regional political issues was an opportunity for the US and Moroccan diplomacy to review a series of issues of common interest, including cooperation in the field of security and human rights, and to cover regional issues related to the Sahel and Libya.
This dialogue was part of the regular strategic consultations between the kingdom of Morocco and the United States.
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