Finland has voiced support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as “a good basis” to settle the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.
This position was expressed in the Joint Communiqué, published this Tuesday in Helsinki, following talks between Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, and his Finnish counterpart Elina Valtonen.
“Finland considers the autonomy plan presented in 2007 as a serious and credible contribution to the UN-led political process and as a good basis for a solution agreed upon between the parties,” according to the communiqué.
Finland also reiterated its support for the “political process aimed at reaching a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution”.
Both ministers also expressed their common position on the exclusive role of the United Nations in the political process, reaffirming their support for the UN Security Council resolutions and their support for the efforts of the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy, aimed at advancing this process.
Finland’s new position is part of the international momentum driven by the autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty for the southern provinces which many influential countries, such as the United States and Spain, deem as the “only solution” to this artificial dispute.