The US believes that a negotiated political solution should be achieved on the Sahara

USA believes that “a negotiated political solution must be achieved without further delay” to resolve the conflict over the territory of the Sahara Occidental, according to a statement from the State Department released on the occasion of the visit to Morocco by US Undersecretary Joshua Harris, which began this Sunday.

Harris, responsible for US diplomacy for the Middle East and North Africa, arrived in Morocco today as the second stop on the tour that took him to Algeria on December 6 to discuss the solution to the conflict over the territory of the Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony controlled mostly by Morocco but claimed by the Sahrawis of the Polisario Front.

In Algeria, a country that hosts and provides cover for the Polisario Front, Harris discussed this matter with the Algerian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Attaf, and announced the start of a round of consultations between Algeria and Morocco, which maintain tense relations due to their different positions. before this former Spanish colony, “to achieve a lasting and dignified solution.”

The US claims that “there is no change in the clear and consistent position of the United States” on Western Sahara and adds that the country supports the UN personal envoy for this territory, Staffan de Mistura, in his task of “facilitate the negotiation process to achieve a fair, lasting and mutually acceptable solution” in this conflict.

He also states that he considers “serious, credible and realistic” the proposal for autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty presented by Rabat to the UN in 2007, according to the aforementioned statement.

In addition to discussing the Sahara issue, during his visit Harris will also speak with the Moroccan counterpart about the situation in the Gaza Strip.