Meeting between the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and the UN Personal Envoy for the Moroccan Sahara

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad, Mr. Nasser Bourita, had, on April 4, 2024 in Rabat, meetings with the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Moroccan Sahara, Mr. Staffan De Mistura.

These interviews took place in an atmosphere marked by frankness and a positive and constructive spirit.

This trip is part of a regional tour to the parties cited by Security Council resolution 2703, with a view to relaunching the political process of round tables with the participation of Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the “polisario”, as the only framework defined by Security Council resolutions to achieve a realistic, pragmatic, lasting political solution, and based on compromise.

These talks took place in the presence of the Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the UN, Mr. Omar Hilale.

On this occasion, the Moroccan delegation recalled the constants of Morocco’s position, reaffirmed by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist him, to the Secretary General of the United Nations, namely:

1. No process outside the framework of round tables defined by the UN, with the full participation of Algeria;
2. No solution outside of the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative;
3. No serious process, at a time when the ceasefire is violated daily by the “Polisario” militias.