Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates Nasser Bourita met on Monday in Rabat with Staffan de Mistura, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for the Moroccan Sahara, as part of his regional tour. The visit comes ahead of informal consultations at the UN Security Council, scheduled for mid-April 2025, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates. The meeting was also attended by Omar Hilale, Morocco's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. During the talks, the Moroccan delegation emphasized the international momentum driven by King Mohammed VI regarding Morocco's sovereignty over the Sahara and the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative. In this regard, the Sovereign had urged the United Nations, on November 6, 2024, during the 49th anniversary of the Green March, to «assume its responsibility and highlight the major difference between the real, legitimate world – represented by Morocco in its Sahara – and a world that is frozen in time and disconnected from reality and the developments that have taken place». The Moroccan delegation also reiterated the Kingdom's support for the efforts of the UN Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy in reaching a lasting, pragmatic, realistic, and political solution, based exclusively on the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative, within the framework of Morocco's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
