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On Friday, April 8th, Japan praised the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of Resolution 2797 on October 31, 2025, which confirmed that "genuine autonomy, under Moroccan sovereignty, could constitute one of the most feasible solutions," highlighting that it intends to act in accordance with this position on both the diplomatic and economic levels.
This position was expressed in the joint statement signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, and his Japanese counterpart, Motegi Toshimitsu, during a video conference held today on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and Japan. Japan also expressed "its support for the efforts made by the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy to facilitate and lead negotiations, based on the Moroccan autonomy plan, in order to reach a just and lasting solution to this conflict, which is mutually acceptable." The joint statement added that Japan "called on the parties to participate in the talks without preconditions and on the basis of the Moroccan autonomy plan in order to reach a final political solution that is mutually acceptable, and considered that genuine autonomy could represent one of the most feasible solutions." Finally, to embody this new position on the ground, Toshimitsu indicated on this occasion that "Japan is ready to work, including on the diplomatic and economic levels, taking into account its position and the current development of the situation." Japan's confirmation of the centrality of autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is a new confirmation of the Kingdom's efforts and achievements in order to end this fabricated conflict over its southern territories, in accordance with the insightful vision and supreme strategic guidance of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God protect him. By adopting this advanced position, Tokyo joins other international powers and the overwhelming majority of the international community, which supports autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty, as the only solution to this regional dispute, and which has decided to work on this basis on the diplomatic, political, economic and other levels.
