Cambodia expressed, Monday, its full support to Morocco’s sovereignty over Sahara and praised Rabat’s efforts to reach a negotiated political solution to the Sahara conflict.
According to the Moroccan Foreign Affairs Ministry statement, this position was expressed in a joint statement issued after talks between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Prak Sokhonn.
"The Kingdom of Cambodia fully supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Morocco and respects its efforts to reach a negotiated political solution to this regional conflict," said Sokhonn, who is on an official visit to Morocco on March 27 and 28, 2023, at the invitation of Bourita.
The statement pointed out that the Cambodian Foreign Minister also stressed Cambodia's full support for the efforts undertaken by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his Personal Envoy for the Sahara Staffan De Mistura, which are in line with the parameters of the relevant Security Council resolutions on this issue.
The Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister welcomed in this regard the "serious, realistic and credible" efforts made by Morocco.
