U.S. Permanent Representative to UN Mike Waltz met on Tuesday a delegation of the Sahrawi Movement for Peace, a political body set up in 2020 by former Polisario members who broke away from the Algeria-backed separatist group.
These Sahrawis are “voices committed to peace, compromise, and a durable solution,” to the Sahara issue, said the American ambassador to UN in a comment posted on his X account.
“The world should hear” these Sahrawis, added the U.S. diplomat, sending a strong message to the Algerian regime and its Polisario militias still reluctant to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 2797, which has endorsed Morocco’s Autonomy plan under the Kingdom’s sovereignty.
Waltz’s meeting with the Sahrawi Movement for Peace comes few days after the regional tour and consultations held by UN Sahara envoy Staffan de Mistura with Algeria, Polisario, Mauritania and U.S. senior presidential advisor Massad Boulos.
De Mistura consultations with the parties to the Sahara conflict are part of the efforts to launch a new round of quadripartite negotiations after those hosted by Madrid and Washington on the Sahara in line with UNSC resolution 2797.
This historic resolution, adopted end of October 2025, calls upon the four parties to the Sahara conflict (Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Polisario) to engage in discussions without preconditions, taking as basis Morocco’s Autonomy Proposal, with a view to achieving a final and mutually acceptable political solution.
As the Algerian regime and the Polisario are dragging their feet and refusing to advance the UN-U.S.-led political process, the Sahrawi Movement for Peace stands out as an alternative to the Polisario for the international community, which is pushing to end the five-decade Sahara regional conflict posing serious threat to regional peace and stability.
