Speaker of National Assembly of Ecuador, César Ernesto Litardo Caicedo, voiced, Tuesday in Rabat, the legislative institution’s support for Morocco’s efforts for the stability of its regional environment.
During talks with Hakim Benchamach, Speaker of the House of Advisors (Upper House), Caicedo stressed that respect for the sovereignty of countries and non-interference in their internal affairs are among the pillars of his country’s foreign policy.
In that regard, he expressed “the support of the National Assembly of Ecuador to the UN Security Council resolution adopted on October 30, 2020, and for Morocco’s efforts to ensure the stability of its regional environment through its peaceful intervention” in El Guerguarat.
This peaceful intervention “respects international law and the mechanisms of peaceful coexistence and development of peoples as it seeks to ensure freedom of civil and commercial movement with Africa,” said the Ecuadorian MP, as quoted in a statement by the House of Advisors.
On the evolution of the situation at the Morocco-Mauritania borders, Caicedo said that during a previous meeting with Benchamach in Quito, he had received a detailed note on the historical reality of the conflict and the latest developments of the issue.
He also stressed the importance of Morocco’s efforts to support and strengthen relations between the countries of the South, particularly between Africa and Latin America.
For his part, Benchamach stressed that Morocco has spared no effort to pave the way for a diplomatic solution by alerting the international community and the United Nations on the seriousness of criminal acts of the polisario militias and the danger they represent to regional security and stability.
After showing restraint and patience “Morocco had no choice but to fulfill its legitimate duty to secure the passage and restore free civil and commercial movement, on the high instructions of HM King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces,” said the Speaker.
Recalling HM the King’s telephone conversation with UN Secretary-General António Guterres on November 16, Benchamach noted that the Kingdom will continue to support the efforts of Mr. Guterres in the political process, “which must be resumed on the basis of well-defined criteria and with the involvement of the real parties to this regional conflict, to reach a realistic and workable solution within the framework of the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco.”
During the meeting, which was an opportunity to discuss other issues of common interest and ways to promote relations between the two legislative institutions, Caicedo was accompanied by the president of the Morocco-Ecuador friendship group, José Serrano Salgado.
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