00:00The United States reaffirmed its support for Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara on Wednesday during a meeting between top officials
00:08in Rabat.
00:09The United Nations has also backed Morocco's autonomy proposal for the region.
00:14We are certainly trying in the framework now of the most recent Security Council resolution to bring a peaceful resolution
00:27to that conflict that has gone on for an unacceptable time since 1975 when I was only 11 years old.
00:35This can't be that these kind of conflicts last beyond the lifespan of human beings.
00:45Morocco's proposal would give Western Sahara autonomy over social and economic policy, budget and taxation.
00:53But Rabat would retain control over foreign relations, the judiciary and currency.
01:01Today, against this backdrop, the United States supports an approach that we hope will lead to a definitive solution within
01:08the sole framework of the Initiative for Autonomy under Moroccan Sovereignty presented by the Kingdom of Morocco.
01:19The U.S. recognized Morocco's claim over Western Sahara in 2020 in return for Rabat's rapprochement with Israel.
01:27The pro-independence Polisario front resumed its fight for self-determination the same year.
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