Sahara: Ecuador suspends recognition of self-proclaimed SADR
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The Republic of Ecuador decided on Tuesday to suspend its recognition of the so-called «SADR» (Sahara Arab Democratic Republic).
During a telephone interview, the Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gabriela Sommerfeld, informed her Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, of her country’s sovereign decision.
The Quito decision comes on the eve of a UN Security Council meeting to adopt a new resolution on the Sahara. The members of the Security Council should renew MINURSO’s mandate, which expires on 31 October, for one year.
Ecuador’s decision opens a new chapter in relations between the Kingdom of North Africa and this Latin American country. It comes in the context of growing international support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara and its autonomy initiative, which the international community describes as the ONLY «serious, credible and realistic» solution to the regional conflict in the Sahara.