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 U.S. ENCOURAGES MOROCCAN AUTONOMY PLAN |
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has expressed encouragement over
Morocco's plan for autonomy for the disputed Western Sahara region.The Bush administration said the Moroccan proposal to resolve its
32-year-old dispute with the Polisario Front over Western Sahara marked
the basis for direct negotiations. Officials said Rabat and Polisario must
begin talks without preconditions."We consider the Moroccan proposal to provide real autonomy for the
Western Sahara to be serious and credible," Assistant Secretary of State
David Welch said.Welch told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on June 6 that the North
African kingdom and Polisario have agreed to meet under United Nations
auspices later in June. He said the administration has urged Morocco to
compromise in the negotiations.
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