Malta considers the autonomy plan presented by Morocco in 2007 as a serious and credible contribution to the political process led by the UN to advance the process towards a definitive resolution of the Sahara issue.
This position was expressed by the Maltese Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade, Ian Borg, on a working visit to the Kingdom, in a Joint Declaration adopted at the end of his talks in Rabat with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, of African Cooperation and Moroccans residing abroad, Nasser Bourita.
In the said Joint Declaration, Malta encourages all parties to demonstrate greater political will for a definitive solution and to recommit themselves to the efforts of the United Nations in a spirit of realism and compromise.
The Maltese minister also reiterated his country’s long-standing support for the UN-led process for a political, just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution for the parties, the statement said.
The two ministers agreed on the exclusivity of the UN in the political process and reaffirmed their support for UN Security Council resolutions 2602 and 2654, which noted the role and responsibility of the parties in the search for a political, realistic, practical, lasting and mutually acceptable solution.