Bourita: 113 countries support the Moroccan Sahara and only 28 countries recognize the fictitious entity

Bourita: 113 countries support the Moroccan Sahara and only 28 countries recognize the fictitious entity

Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad, Nasser Bourita, confirmed today, Friday in Laayoune, that the year 2024 is “an important year with regard to the Moroccan Sahara issue, thanks to the strong momentum that His Majesty King Mohammed VI has added to this file and his daily follow-up of it.”

Bourita explained, during a press conference with his Zambian counterpart, Mulambo Haimbe, following the holding of the first session of the Morocco-Zambia Mixed Committee for Cooperation, that the developments witnessed by the Sahara issue during this year can be summarized in a number of points, the most important of which is the confirmation by France, a permanent member of the Security Council, Its support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara in the letter sent by French President Emmanuel Macron to His Majesty the King in July, which was confirmed during the state visit made by the French President at the end of October, He described this development as “major.”

Bourita highlighted the international support for the autonomy initiative that continued during this year, noting that at least four European countries added to the countries supporting this initiative as a basis for resolving the conflict in the Sahara, namely Slovenia, Finland, Denmark and Estonia, bringing the number of European Union countries that haveundefined It expresses its support for the autonomy initiative to more than 20 countries, at a time when this number reached 113 countries at the international level.

 In the same context, the minister recorded the increasing suspension of recognition of the alleged republic (Ecuador in October and Panama in November), and “it is confirmation that the separatist proposal is continuing to fade, as approximately 50 countries have withdrawn recognition of the fake republic in the last two decades, causing the number of countries to decline.” Which still recognizes this imaginary entity to the extent of only 28 countries.”

 Bourita also highlighted the holding, during the year 2024, of joint committees in the cities of Laayoune or Dakhla, noting in this regard the holding of joint committees for Zambia today, and before that for Guinea Bissau, Malawi, and Gambia, “all of which are countries that have expressed Morocco’s sovereignty over this part of its territory.” “By holding meetings and signing agreements in the southern regions.”

 The Minister mentioned the Security Council’s decision during this year, “which was a strong signal, although the composition of the Security Council included parties directly concerned with the conflict, but the Council stressed that the direction of the international group and the United Nations was clear and the decision not only preserved Morocco’s gains, but added Two basic elements are: undefined The dynamic that His Majesty the King created in this file, and his (the Security Council) affirmation that “whoever chooses weapons, and chooses to harm the ceasefire, has no place at the table for resolving this file, and that without strict respect for the ceasefire, there is no dialogue, no negotiations, and no A political series, because the political series is with serious, credible parties that respect international laws and agreements, especially the ceasefire.”

 Thus, the Security Council says explicitly, Mr. Bourita adds, that everything that threatens the ceasefire and security harms the political process itself.

 The Minister stopped at the continuation of opening consulates in the year 2024 in the southern regions of the Kingdom, as the Chadian Consulate was opened in the city of Dakhla, bringing the number of consulates that have been opened so far to more than 30, which represents approximately 40 percent of the African Union countries that have consulates in Laayoune or in Dakhla.

 At the level of the African Union, Mr. Bourita stressed that during the year 2024, the vision that His Majesty the King wanted, which was for the African Union to be a field for cooperation, and not a party to be exploited to advance certain theses, as was the case in undefined the previous.

 He explained that the African Union today, and for three or four years, and this year in particular, has not issued any statement, no report, and no position regarding the issue of the Moroccan Sahara, which is in the hands of the United Nations, noting that the African Union, since Nouakchott 2017, has become its role to keep pace with the United Nations. , without having a position on this file.

 At the European Union level, Mr. Bourita highlighted that “for the first time, and in 22 years, there will be no presence of the “Western Sahara” group after it was present in the four previous mandates of the European Parliament, as the major groups decided that there was no room to create this group that was working Klopp to break up.”

 The minister stressed that this is “a strong signal from the European Union and Parliament that today there is one path established by His Majesty the King, and that there is a dynamism that His Majesty created and worked on, and today its results appear at the bilateral level and at the international and European levels, and its basis is all development projects and the new development model for a year.” 2016, which shows tangible results.” partner undefined