Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, and Bahrain have renewed their backing to Morocco’s position on the Sahara issue, to its territorial integrity, and to its sovereignty over its southern provinces. In their addresses on Monday before the UN 4th Commission, the permanent representatives of the three Gulf countries have all expressed their unwavering support for Morocco and its territorial integrity. Citing development programs in the region, Al Moualimi outlined Morocco’s efforts to achieve socio-economic development in the Sahara. For his part, the representative of Bahrain Mohamed Aref Alrowaiei voiced strong backing to Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara. Kuwait joined its voice to that of its gulf neigbors to underline the “unified position” of Gulf countries on the Sahara conflict and to back Morocco’s position in the conflict, expressing unwavering support for the autonomy plan and for Morocco’s territorial integrity.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 08, 2019 16:30 UTC