Japan Endorses Moroccan Sovereignty Over Sahara, Signals Diplomatic and Economic Engagement

Rabat, May 9 (TNA) Japan welcomed, on Friday, the adoption on October 31, 2025, of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2797, which affirms that "a genuine autonomy, under Moroccan sovereignty, could be one of the most feasible solutions," stressing that it intends to act in accordance with this position at the diplomatic and economic levels.

This position was expressed in the Joint Communiqué signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, and his Japanese counterpart, Motegi Toshimitsu, during a video conference held on the occasion of the commemoration, in 2026, of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and Japan.

Japan also "expressed its support for the efforts made by the Secretary General and his Personal Envoy to facilitate and lead negotiations, based on the Moroccan autonomy plan, to achieve a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable settlement of the dispute."

While also welcoming the adoption of Resolution 2797, which "endorsed the Moroccan Autonomy Plan as a basis for a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable solution to the dispute," Japan "called on the parties to participate in the discussions without preconditions and based on the Moroccan autonomy plan to reach a definitive and mutually acceptable political solution, considering that a genuine autonomy, under Moroccan sovereignty, could represent one of the most feasible solutions."