Britain’s foreign minister, David Lammy, said on Sunday that the UK considers Morocco’s autonomy proposal as the most feasible basis to resolve the conflict over Western Sahara.
The long-frozen conflict pits Morocco, which considers the territory as its own, against the Algeria-backed Polisario front, which seeks an independent state in the desert territory.
The autonomy plan submitted by Morocco in 2007 stands “as the most credible, viable and pragmatic basis for a lasting resolution of the dispute,” Lammy told newmen after talks with Morocco’s foreign minister.
UK BACKS MOROCCO’S AUTONOMY PLAN FOR WESTERN SAHARA, LAMMY SAYS
