In this Joint Declaration, the Republic of Panama and the Kingdom of Morocco reiterated their will to consolidate their excellent bilateral relations, which have experienced significant development in recent years.

The two countries underlined that their cooperation ties are based on the principles of peaceful coexistence, democracy and good governance, solidarity, transparency, mutual respect, respect for human rights and international humanitarian law, as well as the non-use of unilateral sanctions.

Hailing the positive progress in their bilateral and multilateral relations, Panama and Morocco agreed to further promote these ties with a view to implementing a roadmap reflecting the two countries' determination to act jointly on the international stage to serve their common interests.

In this respect, they emphasized the importance of multilateral cooperation in intensifying efforts in areas of common interest, such as trade, poverty and hunger reduction, education, health and sustainable development, including access to energy, water, food and fertilizer, as well as mitigation and adaptation to climate change impacts.

The two countries underlined the need to achieve the SDGs in a global and integrated manner, in particular through the eradication of poverty and the fight against climate change impacts, while endeavoring to promote sustainable land use and water management, as well as biodiversity conservation.

Rabat and Panama also reaffirmed the importance of people-to-people exchanges in strengthening mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation in communication, culture, education, sports, arts, youth, civil society and economy.

On this occasion, Morocco praised Panama's role as an air, maritime and land logistics hub for Latin America and the Caribbean, stressing that its strategic geographic location can serve as an access point to the region for Moroccan industry.

Regarding migration, both countries highlighted the efforts made in particular within the framework of the Marrakech Pact and the Rabat Process, as well as the Los Angeles Declaration.

In this respect, they reaffirmed their common commitment to dynamic mobility allowing safe, fluid and orderly movement of people.

Concerning environmental preservation, both parties stressed the importance of cooperation in projects to decarbonize the economy, which offers great potential for investors.

Morocco and Panama, which agreed to continue their exchanges and endeavor to consolidate their relations, underlined that the international order is based essentially on respect for territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of States, as well as the faithful implementation of commitments emerging from treaties and other sources of international law.

Concerning the Sahara issue, the Republic of Panama voiced its support for the Autonomy Initiative presented by Morocco in 2007, as "the only basis for a just and lasting solution" to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, committing to "define its future action and take a position.

Panama considers that the United Nations remain the appropriate mechanism to bring together all stakeholders to seek the political solution that the Security Council calls for.

In this respect, it reiterated the importance of advancing the political process at the international level, taking into account, in a "serious and respectful" manner, Security Council resolutions to identify points of convergence.

 Panama's position on the Moroccan Sahara is clear and is part of the international momentum driven by the autonomy plan presented by the Kingdom.

The Central American country is thus updating its national position with regard to the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara, which marks a substantial evolution.

This position is part of the international momentum driven by the autonomy plan for the southern provinces which this country, like so many others, deems as the one and "only solution" to this artificial dispute.

The Joint Declaration, signed following the bilateral talks held, via videoconference, between Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, and his Panamanian peer, Janaina Tewaney Mencomo, reflects Panama's conviction that the solution to this conflict can only be realistic, as affirmed and confirmed by UN Security Council resolutions.

Driven by this conviction, Panama emphasizes that in addition to opting for a realistic solution - as affirmed and confirmed by Security Council resolutions, it calls for a compromise solution when it speaks of "bringing together all stakeholders with a view to a common effort towards a definitive solution".

Thus, it aligns itself with an overwhelming majority of the international community, which underlines the centrality of the UN and its Security Council in particular, in seeking a definitive political solution.

Through this Declaration, the Republic of Panama joins the majority of countries of the international community (more than a hundred), which have labelled the autonomy initiative as the only solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, supporting Morocco's serious and credible efforts and thus moving away from extreme and unrealistic solutions which prolong the dispute and delay regional integration in North Africa.

In addition to this clear position, Panama undertakes, in writing, to act in accordance with this Joint Declaration and is henceforth in a perspective which will help the parties concerned to find a lasting and definitive solution.

In short, Panama is today unequivocally defending a realistic compromise solution, paving the way for the parties and the UN to implement this solution which offers peace, stability and prosperity to the Maghreb region and the Sahel.

Panama, which demonstrates wisdom and lucidity through this declaration, opens, with determination, the way to rich cooperation with Morocco which, thanks to the vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, has become a regional hub, a bridge between African and American continents, and a credible power for its partners.

The Joint Declaration also confirms the common will to consolidate bilateral relations and strengthen cooperation, and identifies the promising sectors in this direction.

Thanks to this position expressed in the Joint Declaration, bilateral cooperation energies and potential are thus unleashed between two countries whose geographical locations are unique and strategic on the Strait of Gibraltar and the Panama Canal.