Morocco continues to engage in discussions on reform within the African Union to find solutions to these challenges in the spirit of realism and compromise. Both Congress and the Bush and Obama administrations have also repeatedly called Morocco’s Autonomy Initiative “serious, realistic, and credible.” The most recent UN Secretary General report and Security Council resolution also called for its examination as a framework for discussion. “The Foreign Minister’s remarks at UNGA remind us that for more than 10 years the UN has called on Morocco and the Polisario Front to reach a negotiated settlement. Morocco responded to that call with its 2007 compromise solution recognized by the international community as serious, credible, and realistic,” said former US Ambassador Edward M. Gabriel. This material is distributed by the Moroccan American Center for Policy on behalf of the Government of Morocco.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 21, 2017 18:22 UTC