The Peruvian government has shown its support for Morocco’s national sovereignty and positively appreciates the broad autonomy plan for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty proposed by the Alawi kingdom in accordance with the postulates of the United Nations Organization (UN) in order to resolve the Saharawi conflict which has lasted more than 40 years.

Following a recent phone conversation between Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Peru, Miguel ngel Rodríguez Mackay, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Morocco Living Abroad, Nasser Bourita, an approachable position between a Latin American country and a North African country, which have decided to strengthen their bilateral ties.

In an official statement from the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released via the social network Twitter, the Andean Executive has indicated that “In accordance with international law and UN resolutions on the Sahara question, respect and respect the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Morocco. and its national sovereignty, as well as the autonomy plan for this regional dispute.”

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Peru thus aligns itself with Morocco “in accordance with international legality, embodied in the Charter of the Organization of the United Nations” and with full respect for the principles of the territorial integrity of United Nations Member States and to support the efforts made by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Security Council to achieve a political, realistic, lasting and consensual solution to the controversies surrounding Western Sahara”, as indicated in the note official Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A decision that will also be formally presented to the United Nations, marks the official position of the Peruvian state.

Also, The Peruvian government has decided to withdraw the recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and cut ties with this organization, which is represented by the Polisario Front, Morocco’s archenemy on the issue of Western Sahara. “Since there are no effective bilateral relations to date, the Government of the Republic of Peru has decided to withdraw the recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and cut ties with this entity”, the Peruvian Executive has officially indicated through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

For this part, The Moroccan government expresses its agreement with this decision to withdraw support for the Saharawi Arab Republic and to support Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara. “Morocco respects and welcomes the decision of the Republic of Peru, which opens a new chapter in relations with this friendly country,” the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an official statement.

Also, Peru and Morocco have agreed to form a “multisectoral roadmap” which includes mutual cooperation in various sectors such as the economy, energy or education. “The two governments have agreed to strengthen their bilateral relations through the immediate signing of a multisectoral roadmap that will include regular political consultations, effective cooperation in the economic, commercial, education, energy, agriculture and fertilizer fields,” Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. Affairs through an official statement.

Therefore, New support arrives for the Kingdom’s initiative for Western Sahara. Many international countries have shown their strong support for Morocco in the proposal for broad autonomy for the Sahara under the sovereignty of the Alaouite kingdom as the most credible, serious and realistic solution to end the conflict in the Saharawi region.

The big accolade for the North African nation comes in the wake of the US administration’s past decisions by Donald Trump to support the Moroccan nature of the Sahara. in December 2020 in return for Morocco establishing diplomatic relations with Israel following in the footsteps of the famous Abrahamic Treaty of September 2020 in which various Arab countries such as the Emirates or Bahrain established political relations with the State of Israel to promote the progress of the political and economic situation in the Middle East and to calm the situation in the Middle East. region in the face of a more aggressive attitude from other countries such as Iran.

Joe Biden’s new United States administration continues this trend and favorable positions also come from other countries such as Germany, UK, United Arab Emirates or Spain which also positions itself to support the Kingdom’s proposal for the autonomy of Western Sahara as the most serious, credible and realistic way to end the political and social problems of the Saharawi region.

All this in the face of an initiative defended by the Polisario Front to hold an independence referendum for the Saharawi population, which has little international support, among them is Algeria, Morocco’s major political rival in the Maghreb and which even severed diplomatic ties a year ago with the Alaouite kingdom due to existing political differences, despite a message of peace launched by King Mohamed VI.

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