France reiterates its support for Morocco’s sovereignty on its Sahara

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The French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot reiterated the position of France, expressed at the highest level of the State, supporting the sovereignty of Morocco on his Sahara.

“A few months ago, we expressed our vision of the present and the future of Western Sahara which are part of Moroccan sovereignty as a direct consequence of the Moroccan autonomy plan,” said the head of French diplomacy during a hearing on Wednesday before the Foreign Affairs Committee in the National Assembly.

“Today there are no other realistic and credible solutions,” he said.

This is part of “a sustainable and mutually acceptable political solution to the United Nations and we support UN efforts for this dialogue,” added Mr. Barrot, specifying that he will have the opportunity “to talk about it in a few days with my Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita in Paris”.

In a message to King Mohammed VI in July 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron said that France “considers that the present and the future of Western Sahara are part of Moroccan sovereignty”.

Mr. Macron had assured the king of “the intangibility of the French position on this national security issue for the kingdom” and that his country “intends to act in coherence with this position as a national and international level”.

The French head of state had also strengthened with force the support of France to the sovereignty of the kingdom on his Sahara during a joint session of the two chambers of the Moroccan Parliament on October 29, on the occasion of his state visit to the Kingdom.

“And I reaffirm it here in front of you. For France, the present and the future of this territory are part of Moroccan sovereignty. Autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the framework in which this question must be resolved, “Macron said in front of the two chambers of Parliament.