Western Sahara: EU backs UN efforts to settle conflict with Morocco

European Union (EU) supports UN efforts to reach a solution to Western Sahara conflict based on Saharawi people's right to self-determination, and intends no action undermining those efforts, said Federica Mogherini, the EU high representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, vice-president of the European Commission, cited by the media on Saturday.

The EU official, in reply to a Eurodeputy's question, reiterated the support of Europe to "UN efforts to find a just and lasting solution to Western Sahara, providing for Saharawi people's self-determination on the basis of pertinent United Nations resolutions."

"The EU backs UN efforts and undertakes no action that is likely to undermine those efforts."

The European Union "closely follows" the evolution of the situation," Mogherini said, adding that "Western Sahara is still considered as a non-autonomous territory by the United Nations."

The four-decade-long Western Sahara conflict arouses EU "concerns," as it may affect "security, human rights and cooperation in the region."