USA backs Morocco’s autonomous plan

The United States reaffirmed its support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative as a “serious, credible and realistic” solution to the regional dispute over the Sahara.

“The United States continues to view Morocco’s autonomy plan as serious, credible and realistic,” said a spokesman for the US State Department in a statement issued after Tuesday’s meeting in Washington between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Resident Abroad, Nasser Bourita, and the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken.

The two parties also expressed their “support” for the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, Staffan de Mistura, in leading the Sahara political process under the aegis of the United Nations, with a view to reaching a lasting political solution “without further delay”.