{"id":1413271,"date":"2022-03-31T14:30:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T18:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1413271"},"modified":"2022-03-31T14:30:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T18:30:36","slug":"eastern-caribbean-states-open-consulate-in-western-sahara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eastern-caribbean-states-open-consulate-in-western-sahara\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Caribbean states open consulate in Western Sahara"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feastern-caribbean-states-open-consulate-in-western-sahara%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1413271&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-31T174602Z_1_LYNXNPEI2U11K_RTROPTP_0_WESTERNSAHARA-CARIBBEAN_1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Dominica&#039;s Prime Minister Skerrit addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York\" \/><br \/>FILE PHOTO: Dominica&#8217;s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 23, 2017. REUTERS\/Eduardo Munoz\/File Photo<\/div>\n<p>March 31, 2022<\/p>\n<p>RABAT (Reuters) \u2013     The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) on Thursday opened a consulate in Western Sahara, joining African and Arab countries that have established diplomatic missions there in a sign of support for Morocco\u2019s claim to the disputed territory.<\/p>\n<p>The Dominican Republic\u2019s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said he opened the consulate in Dakhla on behalf of Eastern Caribbean member states, a joint statement from the Dominican Republic and Morroco said.<\/p>\n<p>The Algeria-backed Polisario front seeks to establish an independent state in the vast and sparsely populated desert region, considered by Morocco as its own land.<\/p>\n<p>Gaining international recognition for its rule over Western Sahara has long been Morocco\u2019s prime diplomatic ambition.<\/p>\n<p>Rabat has said the most it can offer as a political solution to the dispute is autonomy under its sovereignty. The Polisario and its ally Algeria reject this and say they want an independence referendum.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria and the Polisario have also denounced the opening of consulates in the territory.<\/p>\n<p>Skerrit said his country backed Morocco\u2019s sovereignty over the territory and its autonomy plan.<\/p>\n<p>Major powers including France, Germany, and the United States and this month Spain and Israel have also supported Rabat\u2019s proposal to end the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>For years most countries had backed the idea of a referendum to resolve the issue \u2013 which was agreed as part of the 1991 ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was never agreement on how the vote would take place and in recent years even the U.N. has stopped referring to the idea of a vote, speaking instead of seeking a realistic, mutually acceptable solution based on compromise.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Ahmed Eljechtimi; editing by Barbara Lewis)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: Dominica&#8217;s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 23, 2017. 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