1. Morocco’s proposal

Hugo Swire, a British Conservative MP in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, published a letter on social networks urging “timely recognition of Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara” as “the only viable, serious and realistic solution to the Western Sahara conflict.”

The proposal by Hugo Swire and more than 30 British MPs is in line with other political demonstrations in the UK They urged the British Government to support the Moroccan kingdom’s proposal for Western Sahara as the most serious, credible and realistic attempt to resolve the Sahrawi dispute.

The letter shows that approaches towards the Kingdom of Morocco have been made by other countries such as the United States and France recently, this is in line with the harmony and good trade agreements between Morocco and the UK, sealed after the UK left the European Union, it includes Western Sahara and has been declared legal by the UK High Court.

In that letter, It is indicated that both Hugo Swire and other political leaders had the opportunity to travel to Western Sahara to see the situation on the ground and realize firsthand the great potential and many opportunities that exist in the Sahrawi region. both for local residents and for the UK.

This also indicates that Morocco’s proposal for Western Sahara balances local traditions and democratic aspirations, offers a viable path to lasting and stable peace and a path for the development and evolution of the region in all sectors.

These new demonstrations by British political actors follow other recent demonstrations by other voices of authority who demanded that the British Executive support Morocco’s proposals for Western Sahara.

At the beginning of the year, A senior British Conservative Party official has urged the Overseas Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to “change UK policy and recognize Moroccan sovereignty” to avoid the British Executive’s “harshness” in refusing recognition of Morocco. Morocco’s proposal.

Also, British Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski called on the British Government to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. “I have asked many questions in our own Parliament about when we will finally recognize that the Moroccan Sahara is part of the Kingdom of Morocco,” Kawczynski told reporters after recent talks between a delegation of British MPs and the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan expatriate Nasser Bourita.

For this part, British House of Lords member Daniel Hannan also demanded recognition of Morocco’s “full sovereignty” over Western Sahara and strengthening commercial ties between the two countries. very much in line with the last letter published on the X social network via Hugo Swire’s account.

Morocco’s proposal

The Kingdom of Morocco proposed broad autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty in order to develop the region to its maximum in various aspects such as social, economic, educational, administrative or political, respecting United Nations (UN) resolutions. to resolve the Sahrawi conflict, which has lasted more than four decades since Spain left as a colonial power in the region.

The Moroccan proposal received much important international support from countries such as the United States, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Germany or even Spain, which considers the Alawite proposal to be “the most serious, credible and realistic” proposal to end the conflict in Western Sahara.

Opposing this formula is an initiative from the rival Polisario Front, which advocates holding an independence referendum for the Sahrawi population. Something that is difficult to realize due to various problems such as census preparation, as stated by various analysts, and lack of international support, highlighting here the support of Algeria, Morocco’s great political rival, which cut ties with it in August 2021 after accusing the Moroccan kingdom of hostile acts and because of broad political differences, such as those related to the Sahrawi question. All this despite the fact that Morocco’s King, Mohamed VI, has repeatedly reached out to the Algerian state to redirect relations between the two neighboring countries in the Maghreb.

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