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Western Sahara: Politics and Government

Commons · Question 57392 · Tabled 4 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 11 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Navendu Mishra

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department’s policy is on the status of the territory of Western Sahara.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 11 Jun 2025

The UK regards the status of Western Sahara as undetermined. We support the parties and the UN to reach a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable solution, based on compromise, which conforms with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.On 1 June, th...