Sahara: Antigua and Barbuda Reaffirms Support to Morocco’s Territorial Integrity, National Sovereignty
Sahara: Antigua and Barbuda Reaffirms Support to Morocco’s Territorial Integrity, National Sovereignty
United Nations (New York) – Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Everly Paul Chet Green, reiterated his country’s support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and national sovereignty over its entire territory, including the Sahara region.
In a joint communiqué signed during a meeting held on Thursday in New York, with Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, Chet Green also reaffirmed his country’s full support to the Moroccan Autonomy Plan as the “only credible, serious and realistic solution” to this regional dispute.
He also commended the UN efforts as the exclusive framework for reaching a realistic, practical, and lasting solution to the artificial conflict over the Sahara.
As a member of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Antigua and Barbuda commended the opening of an Embassy of the OECS in Rabat (October 18th, 2018) and a General Consulate in Dakhla (March 31st, 2022), which contribute to further consolidate bilateral exchanges between the Kingdom of Morocco and the six Eastern Caribbean States.