Fassi Fihri, who presented the 2011 budget of his Department to the House of Counsellors' Committee on Foreign Affairs, borders, occupied areas and national defense, said that "there is no concrete progress in the negotiations if we exclude the agreement to hold another meeting."
The minister recalled that Morocco had participated in the third informal meeting, on November 7-8-9, 2010 in Manhasset, under the auspices of the Personal envoy of the UN Secretary General, Christopher Ross, in the presence of representatives from Algeria, Mauritania and the polisario.
He noted that this meeting took place after HM King Mohammed VI’s talks on the sidelines of his participation in the 65th session of the General Assembly, with the UN Secretary General, as well as the meeting that the Sovereign had granted last October to the personal envoy, who was on a tour to the region, the fourth of its kind to prepare the meeting in question.
He underlined that HM the King expressed Morocco’s sincere and honest commitment to cooperate with the UN to begin serious and fruitful negotiations for achieving a definitive and consensual solution to this conflict, in accordance with Security Council resolutions, which call for intense and deep negotiations between the parties that take into account the efforts made by Morocco since 2006.
Fassi Fihri added that the Moroccan delegation stressed the need to give new momentum to negotiations, noting that all parties are required to comply with the resolutions of the Security Council and not to remain prisoners of outdated plans, including the choice of an unworkable referendum.
The minister also said that the hostile plan of the enemies of the territorial integrity of the Kingdom, through its various dimensions, has witnessed a dangerous turnaround in recent weeks after the dismantling of Gdiem Izik camp and Laayoune’s events.
The enemies, he went on, have used all the vile maneuvers to spread lies and accusations against Morocco in order to divert attention away from heinous crimes committed during these events against the security forces and vandalism acts that targeted public buildings and private properties.
Fassi Fihri also reiterated the condemnation of deliberately biased readings of some foreign media, in particular the Spanish ones, of these events in order to set the Spanish and European public opinion against Morocco.
The minister said that Morocco denounces the erroneous and biased motion adopted by the Spanish House of Deputies, which seriously undermines the sovereign, historical and legitimate rights of the Kingdom and which is at odds with the supreme interests of Morocco and the provisions of the Treaty of friendship and good neighborliness signed with Spain.
Source: MAP
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