U.S. Reaffirms Recognition of Morocco’s Sovereignty Over the Sahara

U.S. Reaffirms Recognition of Morocco’s Sovereignty Over the Sahara

His Majesty King Mohammed VI President Donald Trump
The United States has reaffirmed its recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over the Sahara. This comes as a confirmation of the position first communicated by President Donald Trump to His Majesty King Mohammed VI in December 2020. During a high-level meeting in Washington, D.C. with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, Secretary Marco Rubio reiterated that the “United States recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over [the] Sahara,” building upon the December 2020 phone conversation between His Majesty King Mohammed VI and U.S. President Donald Trump.

In that conversation, President Trump informed His Majesty the King of the issuance of a presidential proclamation, an act of undeniable legal and political weight, that announced the United States' full recognition of the Kingdom of Morocco's sovereignty over the entire Moroccan Sahara region, with immediate effect.

The head of U.S. diplomacy also reiterated that the United States “supports Morocco’s serious, credible, and realistic Autonomy Proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the Sahara dispute,” as stated by U.S. Department of State spokesperson Tammy Bruce. Secretary Rubio further emphasized that the United States “continues to believe that genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the only feasible solution.”

In this regard, he underscored that the U.S. President is “urging for the parties to engage in discussions without delay, using Morocco’s Autonomy Proposal as the only framework, to negotiate a mutually acceptable solution.”

The Secretary of State also highlighted that “the United States would facilitate progress toward this aim,” as concluded by the spokesperson.

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