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France Signals Support for Morocco’s Sahara Autonomy Plan at UN Security Council

Thursday 2 November 2023, by Prince

The Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations (UN), Nicolas de Rivière, expressed on Monday in New York, during the meeting of the Security Council, his country’s support for the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara.

"I remember France’s historic, clear and constant support for the Moroccan autonomy plan. This plan has been on the table since 2007. The time has come to move forward," De Rivière said on Monday, after the adoption of the resolution renewing the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). The diplomat assured that