The US decision to recognize Morocco’s full sovereignty over the Sahara calls on everyone to be responsible and to relaunch the peace process, MEP Frédérique Ries stressed on Monday.
“You have to be honest, the situation in the Sahara had reached an impasse. The deserted UN negotiating table offered no prospect for resolving the conflict. Whether we like it or not, this is not the debate here, Donald Trump has blown up the status quo,” the Belgian MEP told MAP.
“I hope that this will call on everyone to be responsible and will lead to reviving the peace process with, in parallel, an intensification of investments and international exchanges with the Sahara”, she said, noting that the Sahrawis are the first victims of the political use of the peace negotiations, and of the brake on economic development that it causes. This is the real tragedy.
She explained that “Morocco has long been a privileged partner of the European Union and a reliable player on the international scene. The EU knows this, and recognizes its commitment to resolve the conflict in the Sahara.”
“We will support any lasting and mutually acceptable political resolution, and the Moroccan autonomy plan is for me the most credible basis for discussion at the present time,” she insisted.
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