Cote d’Ivoire reiterates “firm” support to Morocco’s autonomy proposal for Sahara (joint statement)

PERSISMA, Abidjan, June 05, 2015 – Cote d’Ivoire reiterated “firm” support to Morocco’s proposal to grant autonomy to the southern provinces, “as part of Morocco’s sovereignty, unity and the integrity of its territory”.

Ivoirian president, Alassane Ouatarra, “Reiterated Cote d’Ivoire’s firm support to Morocco’s proposal to grant large autonomy to the Sahara region,, as part of Morocco’s sovereignty, unity and the integrity of its territory,” said the Morocco-Cote d’Ivoire joint statement published at the end of the friendship and work visit paid by HM King Mohammed VI to the west African country.

The Ivoirian head of state also, “praised Morocco’s efforts to reach a final settlement to the regional conflict over the Moroccan Sahara,” the release goes. HM the King left Cote d’Ivoire this Friday heading to Gabon, fourth and last leg of an African tour that also included Senegal and Guinea-Bissau. SH MAP 051435 GMT Jun 2015.

Source: MAP