Hungary has expressed support for Morocco’s efforts to resolve the Sahara issue and backs the Autonomy Plan, presented in 2007, as “the most credible basis” to resolve this dispute.
This position was expressed by Hungary in a joint statement signed at the end of a meeting in Rabat on 27thNovember 2024, between the Minister of Foreign Affairs,African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, M.Nasser Bourita and his Hungarian counterpart Mr. PéterSzijjártó.
In this respect, both Ministers “reaffirmed their support to the UN-led political process and to the efforts of the UN Secretary-General to find a solution to the Sahara issue, in line with the Security Council resolutions.”
Morocco and Hungary emphasize “their positive and constructive roles in maintaining stability, security and peace in their respective regions” and note “their commitment to these principles, as well as to peaceful resolution of conflicts and respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of States,” according to the joint statement.
Hungary’s new, strengthened position reinforces the recently created momentum, which the latest UN Security Council resolution welcomes and urges to build on.
Hungary is among the over 20 EU countries that strongly support Morocco’s autonomy plan as a serious and credible initiative to work out a lasting political solution to end the lingering territorial dispute.
Beyond the EU, over 120 countries have in recent years frequently spoken in support of Morocco’s autonomy initiative, leading many observers and UN diplomats to concede that the Moroccan plan is the best realistic hope to the Sahara stalemate.