Moroccan King Mohammed VI has said he will consult with his country's political parties about autonomy for Western Sahara on the 30th anniversary of the territory's annexation by Rabat. "We have decided to consult the political parties, having regard for their fundamental role in major national questions, to see how they view the exercise of autonomy within the kingdom," the king said during a speech on Sunday transmitted over radio and television on the anniversary of Morocco's Green March.
On this date in 1975, the late Moroccan king Hassan II encouraged 350,000 Moroccans carrying the Quran and the national flag to march to the border with Western Sahara in a show of support for Morocco's annexation of the former Spanish colony. Mohammed VI said the talks with Moroccan political parties would work on a proposition on autonomy that Rabat can present to the UN. |