France, Estonia, Moldova and Croatia: Support to Morocco’s Sovereignty over its Sahara.

After the reaffirmed position of the United States, this week France, Estonia, Moldova and Croatia have reaffirmed as well their full support to the sovereignty of Morocco over its Saharan provinces and to the Autonomy Plan proposed by Morocco in 2007 as a sole basis for an everlasting solution to the Sahara dispute.

During a visit to France paid the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, the French Foreign Affairs Minister reaffirmed that the Morocco’s Autonomy Plan constitutes the “sole basis” for reaching a political solution, noting the growing support of the Moroccan initiative. For its part, the Estonian Foreign Minister, highlighted on 15 April 2025, Morocco’s leadership and role in promoting peace, stability, and development in the region and reaffirmed its support to Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for the Sahara, calling it a “serious and credible basis” for a resolution to the long-standing dispute.

In the same spirit and in a very significant decision, Moldova has joined on 15 April 2025, the international community in supporting Morocco’s Autonomy Plan during a meeting between the Moroccan Foreign Minister and his Moldovan counterpart who affirmed that his country is expressing its “full support for the sincere efforts” deployed by the Kingdom of Morocco to resolve the Sahara issue.

Moldova also pledged support for the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy and his efforts to advance the political process based on relevant Security Council resolutions. Moreover, following a meeting on 16 April 2025, between the Moroccan Foreign Minister and his Croatian counterpart, Croatia indicated that it perceived the Autonomy Plan as “Good Basis” for political solution to regional dispute over Moroccan Sahara.

The two Ministers agreed on the exclusivity of the UN in the political process and reaffirmed their support for Security Council resolution 2756 (2024), which underlined the role and responsibility of the parties in the search for a realistic, pragmatic and lasting agreement and a political solution based on compromise.

Such a stand of these States reaffirms the growing international consensus in support of the efforts of Morocco driven by His Majesty King of Morocco Mohammed VI, to find a solution to the Sahara issue.This indicates as well that the international community is becoming more aware of the negative effects of secessionist and terrorist movements on the regional and international peace and security.