UK Support for Moroccan Autonomy Plan, ‘Major Diplomatic Turning Point’ – French National Assembly VP
Paris - The United Kingdom’s support for the Moroccan autonomy plan in the Sahara constitutes "a major diplomatic turning point," noted Naïma Moutchou, Vice President of the French National Assembly, on her official X account.
“The United Kingdom joins France and the United States in supporting Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara. This is a major diplomatic shift: facts are prevailing, support is expanding, and a consensual political solution is taking shape,” she stated.
“As Vice President of the Friendship Group – and Co-Chair of the Study Group on the Sahara (in the National Assembly), I welcome the progress being made towards a sustainable and realistic solution,” added Moutchou, who also serves as spokesperson and National Secretary of the Horizons party.
This position was set out in a joint communiqué signed in Rabat by UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Lammy, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita. The UK also underlined that it intends to act in line with this position bilaterally, regionally, and internationally.
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