The United States has reaffirmed its recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara, Morocco’ s foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
According to the statement, “The United States recognizes Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara,” said the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Mr. Christopher Landau, during a press conference on Wednesday following his meeting in Rabat with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Mr. Nasser Bourita.
The American official also emphasised that “we are trying in the framework of the most recent Security Council resolution [Ed. Resolution 2797] to bring a peaceful resolution to the conflict that has gone on for an unacceptable time,” adding that “this situation cannot wait another 50 years or 150 years or 200 years to be resolved.”
The ministry added that “During his talks with Mr. Bourita, Landau also reiterated the continuous support of the U.S. for Morocco’s serious, credible and realistic autonomy proposal, which he described as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the territorial dispute over the Sahara.”
The US Deputy Secretary of State also emphasized, during this meeting, “the support of the United States for American companies wishing to invest and do business in the Sahara.”
The US has consistently maintained that Morocco’s autonomy proposal, submitted in 2007, is the most credible, viable and pragmatic solution to the Sahara, which culminated in the adoption of Resolution 2797 by the UN Security Council on October 31, 2025.
According to the resolution, a genuine autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty could be the most feasible solution to Rabat’s 50-year conflict with the Algeria-backed Polisario Front.
The US, which sponsored the resolution, led 11 countries in voting in favour, which also renewed for one year the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Western Sahara, known as the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
