The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas, affirmed, on Thursday in Rabat, the new European position on the Moroccan Sahara, considering that “genuine autonomy could represent a most feasible outcome” for a final resolution to the regional dispute.
During her working visit to Morocco on the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, Kallas recalled the EU’s position, which calls upon the parties “to engage in discussions without preconditions, taking as a basis Morocco’s Autonomy Proposal, with a view to achieving a final political solution.”
This position, approved by the 27 EU member states, was stated in a Joint Communiqué adopted by Bourita and Kallas following their meeting.
In this joint communiqué, the EU “welcomed” Morocco’s willingness “to explain what shape autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty would take.”
The EU also welcomed the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 2797 (2025), “which expresses full support for the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy in facilitating and conducting negotiations, taking as a basis Morocco’s Autonomy Proposal.”
This EU position is particularly important and represents a strong signal in the run-up to the UN Security Council meeting, scheduled to take place in a few days.
Besides the EU, several European countries had provided, nationally, explicit support to Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and the Autonomy Plan proposed by Morocco.
This international momentum, driven by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, embodies a consensus from the 27 EU member states for a definitive resolution of the regional dispute on the basis of autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty.
(MAP: 16 April 2026)
