In a statement published, Monday evening in Brussels, at the end of the 6th session of the Morocco-European union association council, the European Union affirmed “ its appreciation to the Moroccan proposal prepared since a long time”underliying its support to the negotiations about the statute for the Sahara region.

 The EU “notes with interest that parties have announced their readiness to engage in a good faith in these negotiations, and congratulates itself that they agreed to carry on their talks during the second week of august”

 The EU hopes that “these negotiations will reach a just, political and durable solution, which is mutually acceptable and allows the auto-determination of the people of Western Sahara as stated in the UN resolutions”

 The EU is “convinced that a solution of this conflict, after 30 years, is everybody’s wish, and will improve noticeably chances for a bigger integration of the Maghreb countries among themselves, and with the European Union.

 Source: MAP