Chile “supports the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over its entire territory, including the Sahara region,” and “considers the autonomy proposal put forward by Morocco in 2007 to be the just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution.”
This position was expressed in a joint communiqué signed following talks held Monday in New York, on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, between Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, and his Chilean counterpart, Francisco Pérez Mackenna.
The President of the Republic of Chile, José Antonio Kast, attended the meeting.
The joint communiqué further states that “Chile has decided to translate its support into bilateral action and will promote economic and trade cooperation opportunities in the Moroccan Sahara region to strengthen investment, trade, and productive development.”
It also states that Chile “welcomes Security Council Resolution 2797/2025 and endorses it, joining the calls for the parties to engage in negotiations without preconditions, on the basis of Morocco’s autonomy proposal, with a view to reaching a definitive political solution acceptable to all parties.”
During the meeting, the two ministers also signed the Terms of Reference to launch negotiations on a free trade agreement between the two countries.
Santiago also supports Morocco’s autonomy initiative for Western Sahara, presented in 2007, describing it as a “just, sustainable, and mutually acceptable political solution.”
The two ministers also discussed the geopolitical crises affecting the security of international commercial shipping lanes, reiterating their commitment to mechanisms for the peaceful settlement of disputes based on legal certainty and strict respect for the territorial integrity of sovereign states
Since March 11, Chile has been led by President José Antonio Kast of the Republican Party, a right-wing party he founded in 2019.
A position in line with that of Latin American countries
Following Honduras and Colombia, Chile, another South American country, has expressed its support for Morocco’s claim to the Sahara.
Chile’s shift comes six weeks after a similar reversal in Colombia. On August 7, on the sidelines of the inauguration of Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella, Colombia withdrew its recognition of the “SADR” and affirmed Moroccan sovereignty over southern Morocco, ending a period of recognition that had been reinstated in 2022 under the presidency of Gustavo Petro.
Nasser Bourita had then described this decision as “historic.”
These developments had raised concerns among supporters of the Polisario Front in Chile, who feared that a shift similar to those in France and Belgium might occur there as well.
For its part, the Republic of Panama reaffirmed on September 21 in New York its support for “the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over its entire national territory,” noting that its embassy “fully exercises its consular functions throughout Moroccan territory.”
This statement was released following talks between Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Panamanian counterpart, Javier Eduardo Martínez-Acha Vásquez, on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
As we wrote earlier, Denmark lauds Sahara autonomy plan as good basis for Mutually Agreed Solution
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