Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on the United Nations Security Council’s adoption of a resolution that supports Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara, the PMO said on Sunday.
“I wish to congratulate His Majesty King Mohammed VI for the endorsement by the UN Security Council of a resolution which supports Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty,” the PMO cited Netanyahu as saying. “It is a triumph for a long-lasting, determined Moroccan diplomacy!”
The council originally adopted the resolution on Friday.
The UN-adopted resolution stated that genuine autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty could be the most feasible solution to Rabat's 50-year conflict with the Algeria-backed Polisario Front.
Western Sahara scene of a long-running territorial dispute
Western Sahara, a tract of desert the size of Britain, has been the scene of Africa's longest-running territorial dispute since colonial power Spain left in 1975.
The UN Security Council, in a US-drafted text, called for the parties to engage in negotiations based on an autonomy plan first presented by Morocco to the United Nations in 2007.
Morocco considers the territory its own while the Polisario Front seeks to establish an independent state called the Sahrawi Republic.