Washington will not impose a solution to Sahara dispute, whatsoever, Ambassador

The United States do not intend to "impose a solution whatsoever to the Sahara dispute," reiterated on Thursday the US Ambassador to Rabat.

"As far as the Sahara issue is concerned, I can clearly say that our Government has no intention to impose a solution to the concerned parties, whatsoever," said Thomas T. Riley in an interview with the Moroccan daily "l'Opinion."

"I have confidence in the ingeniosity and the good approach of James Baker (UN Secretary general's personal envoy to the Sahara) to find a political compromise," he added.

This is not the first time the US Administration rules out any "imposed" solution to the internationally known as Western Sahara dispute opposing Morocco to the Algeria-backed separatist movement "Polisario." The latter is claiming independence of the former Spanish colony, retrieved by Morocco in 1975 under the Madrid Accords.