Sahara: Ghana backs Morocco's proposed autonomy plan

Ghana considers the autonomy plan to be the only realistic and lasting basis for a mutually acceptable settlement of the Sahara issue.

This position was expressed in the joint communiqué issued following talks between Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, and Ghana's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, on Tuesday in Accra.

Ghana also welcomed the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2797, which expresses full support for the Secretary-General and his personal envoy in facilitating and conducting negotiations on the basis of Morocco's autonomy proposal, with a view to reaching a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable settlement of the dispute, in accordance with the United Nations Charter.

Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, paid a working visit to Ghana on Tuesday, where he is co-chairing with his Ghanaian counterpart the second session of the Joint Cooperation.