A Saharawi Foreign Ministry statement said that the autonomy plan presented by Morocco for Western Sahara is not supported by any international organization, and the United Nations (UN) does not acknowledge Rabat’s sovereignty over this territory, still pending decolonization.

The document also stresses that the only solution based on compromise, practice, and reason is the UN-African Union (AU) Settlement Plan, accepted by both parties in 1988 and unanimously approved by the Security Council in 1990 and 1991.

The Sahara Press Service (SPS), in turn, stresses that the proposal propagated by Morocco is a deception and a colonialist maneuver aimed at legitimizing the illegal occupation of Western Sahara and depriving its people of their inalienable right to self-determination and independence.

Finally, the Saharawi Foreign Ministry reiterates the Polisario Front’s willingness to participate positively in an UN-led peace process and contribute constructively to a peaceful and lasting solution to the decolonization of Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa.

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