"President Trump's decision to recognize Moroccan sovereignty (over the Sahara) has provided a radical game-changing move by committing the United States," the former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sahara told MAP.
According to him, the US decision "inevitably provides an impetus" to resolving this regional dispute.
In 2007, Morocco presented a regional autonomy proposal which was endorsed by the Security Council as serious and credible and widely welcomed as a realistic compromise, he said.
Since then, numerous states have responded, providing visible signs of their support by opening consular offices in Morocco's Southern provinces, Jensen concluded.