Western Sahara: Business

(asked on 26th April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how his Department determines the interests and wishes of the people of the Western Sahara in establishing whether commercial activity there is legal or otherwise.


Answered by
Alistair Burt Portrait
Alistair Burt
This question was answered on 4th May 2018

The UK's position is that we do not consider commercial activity to be illegal in Western Sahara, providing it respects the interests of the Sahrawi people.

It is for companies to take their own decisions whether to do business in Western Sahara, but the UK recommends they take legal advice before doing so. Further information can be found in the Overseas Business Risk guidance, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-business-risk-morocco/overseas-business-risk-morocco#western-sahara

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