{"id":46941,"date":"2025-04-09T04:34:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T04:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=46941"},"modified":"2025-04-09T04:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T04:34:33","slug":"us-says-moroccan-proposal-should-be-sole-basis-for-western-sahara-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=46941","title":{"rendered":"US says Moroccan proposal should be sole basis for Western Sahara talks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Talks to resolve the conflict over Western Sahara should take place on the sole basis of a Moroccan plan that would give the region some autonomy under the North African kingdom\u2019s sovereignty, the Trump administration said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Secretary of State Marco Rubio set out the U.S. position in a meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Washington, making clear that President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s 2020 move to recognise Moroccan sovereignty over the region remains U.S. policy, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Secretary reaffirmed President Trump\u2019s urging for the parties to engage in discussions without delay, using Morocco\u2019s Autonomy Proposal as the only framework, to negotiate a mutually acceptable solution,\u201d Bruce said.<\/p>\n

The long-frozen conflict, dating back to 1975, pits Morocco, which considers the territory as its own, against the Algeria-backed Polisario front, which seeks an independent state called the Sahrawi Republic in Western Sahara.<\/p>\n

Rubio said on Tuesday a proposal first put forward in 2007 by Morocco was \u201cserious, credible, and realistic\u201d and \u201cthe only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute,\u201d according to Bruce.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States continues to believe that genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the only feasible solution,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Trump at the end of his first term in office recognized Moroccan claims to Western Sahara as part of a deal under which Morocco agreed to normalize its relations with Israel. Trump\u2019s successor Joe Biden shunned making a statement on Trump\u2019s move, leaving the U.S. position ambiguous.<\/p>\n

The U.S. move to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara in late 2020 was followed by\u00a0a similar decision by France<\/a>\u00a0in July last year.<\/p>\n

Spain, the former colonial power in Western Sahara, said in 2022 that it backed Morocco\u2019s autonomy plan.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0U.N.-led process<\/a>\u00a0on the conflict has stalled with Morocco saying autonomy is the only basis for talks, while Polisario and Algeria insist on a referendum.<\/p>\n

Morocco has also said that no talks are possible without Algeria\u2019s participation. Algeria, which has recognized the self-declared Sahrawi Republic, has refused to take part in roundtables convened by the U.N. envoy to Western Sahara and insists on holding a referendum with independence as an option.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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