The Government of Denmark has expressed strong support for the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for the Sahara under its sovereignty, describing the plan as “serious and credible” contribution to the UN process and a good basis for reaching a solution by “all parties” to the Sahara regional conflict.
The supportive stand was voiced by Denmark foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen during talks held Wednesday in New York with Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Following this meeting, the two ministers reiterated firm backing to the UN-led process and to UN Sahara envoy Staffan de Mistura and his efforts to achieve a peaceful and mutually acceptable solution to the conflict, in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions.
In its address this week at the United Nations General Assembly, convening in New York, Morocco has reiterated its firm attachment to a lasting political solution based exclusively on the autonomy plan, saying “no political process is possible outside the framework of the round tables defined by the UN, with the full participation of Algeria, nor any solution outside the framework of the Moroccan autonomy initiative, or any serious political process without the return of the armed militias to the ceasefire” as demanded by the Security Council.
Morocco’s statement comes amid a growing international support for its sovereignty over its Sahara and for its autonomy initiative put on the negotiating table, sending a clear message to the other parties to the conflict that time has come to move towards a political solution on this basis, through the round table process and in accordance with Security Council resolutions.