Within the framework of Germany's EU Presidency, Federal Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier received a high-ranking Moroccan delegation headed by Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa. The delegation is currently visiting selected capitals at the request of the Moroccan King in order to hold consultations on the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara, which is in the process of being drafted, before it is submitted shortly to the UN Security Council.
Federal Minister Steinmeier praised the initiative to bring about progress in a conflict which has been deadlocked for many years and to inform the European Union of Morocco's intentions. Federal Minister Steinmeier said that the European Union will study the plan with great interest and discuss it. The Minister went on to stress that Europe supports the course of political, economic and social reforms in Morocco embarked upon under King Mohammed VI.
