Hungary Backs Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as Solution to Sahara Dispute.

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Accra: Hungary has expressed its support for Morocco’s efforts to resolve the Sahara issue and backed the Autonomy Plan, presented in 2007, as ‘the most credible basis’ to resolve the dispute. This position was expressed by Hungary in the Joint Statement signed following a meeting, on Wednesday in Rabat, between Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, and his Hungarian peer, Péter Szijjártó.

According to Ghana News Agency, both ministers ‘reaffirmed their support to the UN-led political process and to the efforts of the UN Secretary-General to find a solution to the Sahara issue, in line with the Security Council resolutions.’ Morocco and Hungary emphasized ‘their positive and constructive roles in maintaining stability, security and peace in their respective regions’ and noted ‘their commitment to these principles, as well as to peaceful resolution of conflicts and respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of States,’ according to the joint stat
ement.

Hungary’s new, strengthened position reinforces the recently created momentum, which the latest UN Security Council resolution welcomes and urges to build on.