ROME (ITALPRESS/MNA) – The Republic of Ecuador supports the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over its entire territory, including the Sahara region. This was reported by the Moroccan news agency “MAP.”
This position was expressed in a joint statement released following a meeting held yesterday evening in Rabat between Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, and Ecuador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, Roberto Carlos Kury Pesantes.
In the document, Ecuador describes the autonomy initiative presented by Morocco in 2007 as “the only serious, credible, and realistic solution for reaching a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political settlement.”
It further adds that “genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty constitutes the most viable solution for resolving this dispute.”
In this context, Ecuador has decided to give concrete expression to its support on a bilateral level—notably through a visit by its ambassador to Morocco to the Sahara region—“acting in accordance with its diplomatic, economic, and consular stance, as well as its nationwide consular coverage—a position that Morocco welcomes.”
Finally, the statement notes that “the Republic of Ecuador will foster opportunities for economic and commercial cooperation in the Moroccan Sahara region, thereby opening promising prospects toward the African continent for the benefit of its own economic sectors, with the aim of strengthening ties in investment, trade, and productive development.”
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