Belgium is latest Western nation to back Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara

Belgium has become the latest Western nation to back Morocco’s autonomy plan as a solution for the decades-long dispute over Western Sahara.

A joint Moroccan-Belgian declaration signed in Brussels on Thursday formalised Belgium’s support for the initiative first presented in 2007.

Belgium’s minister of foreign affairs, Maxime Prévot said the proposal “envisions that this region would fall within the framework of the Kingdom’s…