Rabat — North Macedonia announced its support for Morocco’s 2007 Autonomy Plan as the only basis for resolving the Western Sahara dispute, marking another diplomatic victory for the North African country’s position on its territory.
The North Macedonian government announced this stance in a joint declaration signed Monday in Skopje by Foreign Minister Timčo Mucunski and his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita.
Mucunski reaffirmed his country’s longstanding support for the UN-led process aimed at finding a fair, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution for all parties involved in the dispute.
The two countries expressed commitment to UN leadership in the political process and voiced support for UN Security Council Resolution 2756 from October 2024.
This resolution stressed the role and responsibility of the parties in seeking a realistic, durable, and compromise-based political solution.
The ministers also backed the efforts of the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy and his mission to advance the political process in line with relevant Security Council resolutions and UN Charter principles.
North Macedonia’s position adds to growing international momentum behind Morocco’s autonomy initiative.
In a letter to King Mohammed VI, France’s President Emmanuel Macron called the plan that Morocco proposed in 2007 as the “only basis” to solve the dispute.
On June 1, during a joint press conference in Rabat, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said that his country would change its position to support Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for the Western Sahara, calling it “the most credible, viable, and pragmatic” solution to the conflict.
The US recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara in 2020, while Spain shifted its position in 2022 to support the autonomy plan as “the most serious, realistic and credible basis for resolving the dispute over Western Sahara.”
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