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Malta has renewed support for Moocco’s Autonomy Plan as a good basis for a definitive solution to the Western Sahara dispute.
Maltese Deputy Prime Minister Ian Borg reiterated his country’s endorsement of the Moroccan plan in a joint statement following a video conference with Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita today. The pair’s meeting aimed to celebrate the 50yh anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Rabat and Valletta.
As a member of the UN Security Council, Malta said it considers the Moroccan autonomy initiative as a “serious and credible contribution to the UN-led political process to advance the process toward a definitive resolution.”
The country also encouraged all parties to the decade-long conflict to show a political will to reach a definitive solution and to renew their commitment to the UN-led political process in a spirit of realism and compromise.
Malta and Morocco share good diplomatic ties, with the two countries having frequently signaled their determination to further strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation at all levels.
In June last year, Borg once again reaffirmed his country’s support for Morocco’s Sahara position in a joint statement following a meeting with Bourita.
Various international actors and countries have similarly voiced support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and Autonomy Plan.
Following today’s meeting, Bourita recalled the support Morocco has been earning from the international community, citing France’s backing of the country’s sovereignty.
Morocco has notably received strong support from many countries from the EU, including Slovenia, Finland, Denmark and Estonia, which have joined over 20 EU countries backing the Moroccan Autonomy Plan.
More than 113 countries now support the initiative. As a result, Morocco continues to enjoy a deepening momentum while a number of former supporters of the Polisario Front have taken to withdrawing recognition for the separatist group’s self-styled SADR.
Ecuador and Panama are the latest countries to have suspended their recognition of the separatist entity in October and November, respectively.
“Today only 28 countries continue to recognize this fictitious entity,” Bourita said last week, noting that nearly 50 countries have revoked their recognition of Polisario’s self-proclaimed state over the past two decades.
Source: Morocco word news
