UK backs Morocco’s plan for disputed territory

The UK has supported Morocco’s plan to end the regional conflict in Western Sahara, as part of a deal that would provide profitable investment projects at the 2030 Men’s World Cup.

For decades, British governments have refused to wander around who should control Western Sahara, which is considered a “non -governed region” by the United Nations.

However, UK Foreign Minister David Lami announced that the UK is now supporting a plan that would give autonomy to Western Sahara, but Moroccan Moroccan sovereignty.

On a visit to Moroccan capital, Lami said that the proposal of Morocco’s autonomy was “the most reliable, viable and practical basis to clarify the conflict.”

Lammy also signed an agreement to enhance cooperation between the two countries in critical infrastructure projects, which Morocco hosts alongside Spain and Portugal within five years.

Lami said that the deal would allow “British companies to significantly registration in the largest football stage.”

Algeria, which supports the Western Sahara Independence Movement, said it “destroys” the Lammy Declaration.

The Algerian said that the autonomy plan in Morocco was 18 years old and was not presented to the desert as a basis for negotiation.

The Western Sahara is a former Spanish colony that has been fought for five decades in one of the longest frozen conflicts in Africa.

Morocco has a lot of 100,000 square miles (260,000 square kilometers) of land, but the part is controlled by Polisario Front, an armed group that seeks independence for the local desert people.

The African Union recognizes the independence of Western Sahara, but in recent years, various countries have supported the position of Morocco, including the United States, Spain, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

British diplomats said that the United Kingdom decided to follow its example, but only in exchange for commercial deals and a new commitment from Morocco to support the principle of self -determination, publishing a new version of the autonomy plan and restarting negotiations.

The UK Foreign Ministry said that the purchasing agreement between the two countries “will create a unique basis for UK companies to reach public tenders in Morocco,” noting deals in the health sector in addition to contracts to upgrade Casablanca airport.

The joint statement reaffirmed the respect of both sides to “not use force to settle disputes and support them for the principle of respect for self -determination.”

Previously, the United Kingdom has always said that the status of Western Sahara was “unspecified” and supported the “self -determination” of people there.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs in Morocco welcomed Nasser Bourta for a change in British policy, saying that it was distinguished by a historic moment in the relationship between the two countries of 800 years.

“It is a real axis towards a final solution to the conflict,” he said.

Lami said that the deals signed in Rabat “will directly benefit the British business.”

“Thanks to our work, the British companies will be in front of the waiting list to secure contracts to build the Moroccan infrastructure, and to pump the money in our construction industry and ensure that British companies are registering great in the largest football stage,” he said.

After the bitter fighting in the 1970s and 1980s, the Polisario and Morocco agreed to many ceasefire operations in the 1990s, but failed to resolve the basic conflict.

The United Nations has deployed peacekeepers in the region since 1991.

However, a long -time referendum for a long time to allow Western Sahara personnel to choose between independence or Moroccan control has never happened.