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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Marrakesh - Asharq Al-Awsat

The Netherlands Engages In Support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan

United Nations Nasser Bourita Morocco Wopke Hoekstra Sahara Nerlands
Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Dutch counterpart Wopke Hoekstra in Marrakesh on Wednesday (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The Netherlands considered on Wednesday the autonomy plan, presented in 2007 by Morocco, as "a serious and credible contribution to the UN-led political process" to find a solution to the Sahara issue.

By this new position, expressed in the joint statement issued after the talks between Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Dutch counterpart Wopke Hoekstra, the Netherlands has clearly joined the international momentum of support for the Moroccan autonomy plan to definitively close the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.

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