Brussels – The Commission for External Relations and Defence at the Belgian senate rejected, on Tuesday in Brussels, a resolution proposal hostile to the Moroccanity of the Sahara presented by the Flemish nationalist party N-VA (opposition).
The proposal was rejected without being put to vote by the majority parties which considered that the initiative does in no way contribute to resolving the Sahara issue, particularly at a time when Morocco is making important democratic rpogress welcomed by the international community, Moroccan diplomatic sources said.
The majority parties also pointed out that the resolution in question runs counter to the process initiated by the United Nations towards finding a just and lasting political solution to the issue, the sources said.
