Kingdom
Sahara: The Czech Republic Reaffirms Its Support for the Autonomy Plan
This position was expressed in the joint declaration signed this Thursday in Rabat, following a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, and the Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Petr Macinka, who is visiting the Kingdom for the first time.
The Czech Republic stated on Thursday that “genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty constitutes the most feasible solution” to the dispute over the Sahara, adding that it intends to act accordingly.
This position was expressed in the joint declaration signed in Rabat, following the meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, and the Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Petr Macinka, who is visiting the Kingdom for the first time.
The joint declaration specifies that the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Morocco will travel to the Sahara region in order to prepare visits by Czech business leaders and support joint economic initiatives.
It further emphasizes that the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Rabat will now extend its consular coverage to the Sahara, as it does for the rest of the Kingdom’s territory, thereby acting in line with the Czech Republic’s position on the Moroccan Sahara at the diplomatic, economic, and consular levels.
Welcoming the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2797 (2025), the Czech Republic “considers Morocco’s 2007 autonomy proposal as the most appropriate, serious, credible, and realistic basis for achieving a just, lasting, mutually acceptable, and definitive political solution,” the joint declaration continues.
The two ministers also reaffirmed their support for the Personal Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Sahara, as well as for his efforts to advance the political process with a view to reaching a definitive political solution to this regional dispute.
