US Reaffirms Support for Lasting Political Solution to Western Sahara Dispute
Rabat, The Gulf Observer: US Senior Adviser Massad Boulos has reaffirmed Washington’s support for a lasting and mutually acceptable political solution to the Western Sahara dispute following talks with United Nations senior official Rosemary DiCarlo.
Boulos, a senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, said his discussions with DiCarlo covered the Western Sahara dispute, Libya and Sudan, while underscoring continued US coordination with the United Nations on regional peace and stability.
“On Western Sahara, we emphasized the need to advance a lasting and mutually acceptable resolution consistent with UN Security Council Resolution 2797,” Boulos said in a post on X.
The renewed US position comes amid increasing diplomatic attention to Morocco’s approach to the Western Sahara dispute, with several countries expressing support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as a framework for achieving a political settlement.
Morocco considers its Autonomy Plan the most credible basis for resolving the decades-old dispute and has consistently maintained that the initiative offers a realistic and pragmatic framework for a political solution under the UN process.
The United States has repeatedly expressed support for Morocco’s position on the Sahara. In December 2020, Washington formally recognized Moroccan sovereignty over the territory, with the Trump administration describing Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as the basis for a “just, lasting, and mutually acceptable” resolution.
Washington has since maintained its recognition of Moroccan sovereignty while continuing to support the UN-led political process aimed at resolving the dispute.
During his meeting with DiCarlo, Boulos also discussed the situation in Libya, stressing the importance of advancing unified political, security and economic institutions in the country.
On Sudan, the US official emphasized the urgent need for a humanitarian truce to facilitate unhindered humanitarian access amid the country’s ongoing conflict and worsening humanitarian crisis.
“The United States continues to partner with the United Nations to advance peace and stability across the region,” Boulos said.
The meeting underscored Washington’s continued engagement with the United Nations on major political, security and humanitarian challenges affecting North Africa and the wider region, including the Western Sahara dispute, Libya’s political process and the conflict in Sudan.
