Kingdom of Morocco
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
African Cooperation
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MFA Nasser Bourita Holds Talks with the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Moroccan Sahara

Thursday 13 January 2022

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Mr. Nasser Bourita, held talks on January 13, 2022, in Rabat, with the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for the Moroccan Sahara, Mr. Staffan de Mistura.

This meeting took place in the presence of the Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the UN, Mr. Omar Hilale.

Mr. de Mistura's regional visit is part of the implementation of the Security Council’s resolution 2602, adopted on October 29, 2021, in which the UN executive body reiterates its call to the parties to pursue their engagement in the round table process, in a spirit of realism and compromise, in order to reach a realistic, pragmatic, lasting political solution, based on compromise.

During these talks, the Moroccan delegation reiterated the fundamentals of the Kingdom's position, as in the speeches of His Majesty King Mohammed VI on the occasion of the 45th and 46th anniversaries of the Green March.

The Sovereign had reaffirmed, in the mentioned speeches, Morocco's attachment to the resumption of the political process led under the exclusive auspices of the UN to reach a political solution, based on the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative, as part of the round table process, and in the presence of the four participants.