Moroccan King Lauds UN Support for Its Western Sahara Autonomy Plan
The UN Security Council backed Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara, renewing the peacekeeping mission and encouraging negotiations based on Morocco's autonomy plan.
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The Security Council adopted a resolution enshrining the Moroccan autonomy plan as the basis for negotiations on the disputed territory. The independenceists of the Polisario Front continue to call for a referendum.
Rabat. Russia denounced yesterday the “lack of transparency” and the haste with which the latest UN Security Council resolution on Western Sahara was processed, which on Friday for the first time supported Morocco’s autonomy plan as a basis for a negotiated solution to the territory occupied by Rabat.
Singing, dancing Moroccans hail UN backing in Western Sahara
Thousands of singing, dancing Moroccans took to the streets in the capital Rabat late Friday to celebrate a UN Security Council vote backing the country's plans for the Western Sahara, disputed for half a century. "The Sahara is Moroccan and always has been!" chanted the joyful crowds, alternating the rhythm with the national anthem and other patriotic songs. "We are so proud, it's our country, our cause," 40-year-old Sanae, who declined to give…
EU backs Sahara negotiations on basis of Morocco’s autonomy plan – The North Africa Post
The European Union has welcomed the UN Security Council Resolution backing autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty as a basis for talks to settle the Sahara conflict. This marks a shift in the EU’s position which has for long echoed UN calls for a political, lasting and mutually acceptable solution, without defining the direction of negotiations. The […]
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