The wording appears in paragraph 15 of the joint declaration issued after Annalena Baerbock’s talks with Nasser Bourita. The text reaffirms support for the UN-led process, personal envoy Staffan de Mistura and MINURSO.
The visit accompanied the restoration of bilateral cooperation after a period of tensions. Germany’s position supported a negotiating basis; the declaration did not express recognition of sovereignty equivalent to Washington’s 2020 announcement. This distinction allows diplomatic support to be tracked without treating different formulations as identical.