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US magazine, International Policy Digest, published Wednesday a long story on Moroccan-Algerian strained relations that hamper the integration of the Maghreb region and tried to analyze the ins and outs of this situation. The magazine came to the conclusion that the Algerian animosity toward Morocco “is exclusively the work of the Algerian military that controls […]
After they suffered setbacks at the European Parliament, which voted at the level of committees for the renewal of the EU-Morocco farm & fisheries deals recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara, the Polisario separatists, relayed by Algerian media, rushed to distort the remarks made lately by US National security advisor John Bolton on Washington’s review […]
The two Chambers of the Colombian Parliament have adopted a resolution expressing full support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara. The Colombian MPs also denounced the serious violations of human rights committed by the Polisario separatists against the Sahrawis sequestered in the Tindouf camps, situated in South Algeria, which arms, funds and […]
The Algerian government has resorted again to the printing press to inject in the market over 4,000 billion dinars, the equivalent of 20% of the country’s GDP, to deal with the 2018 budget deficit. The situation is likely to get worse in 2019, as the outlook for oil prices is rather pessimistic. Since 2014, economic […]
“A peaceful solution” to the Sahara conflict is “possible”, said on Thursday Mr. Horst Köhler, the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara at the end of a two-day roundtable held in Geneva. Delegates from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario took part in this initial meeting, the first of its kind […]
Talks at first round table took place in an atmosphere of serious commitment, openness and mutual respect A second round table on the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara will take place in the course of the first quarter of 2019, the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Horst Koehler said Thursday evening in […]
Morocco is taking part in the UN-sponsored Geneva roundtable on the Sahara (Dec.5-6) with a delegation including two top diplomats and three representatives from the Sahara region. Delegates from Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario separatists are also participating in the meeting held at the invitation of UN Personal Envoy for the Sahara Horst Kohler who […]
A year and a half after taking office, it seems that Mr. Horst Köhler, the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, has made a diplomatic breakthrough. He has managed to bring the parties to the Sahara conflict to an initial roundtable meeting in Geneva this December 5-6 in a bid to […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged all parties involved in the Sahara regional conflict to engage “in good faith, without preconditions and in a constructive spirit in the discussions” to be held at the Geneva meeting this December 5-6. A statement released Tuesday by spokesman of the UN chief said the Secretary-General welcomed the […]
The round table on the Sahara, scheduled for Dec.5-6 in Geneva, offers the opportunity to promote confidence-building, said Monday the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mounia Boucetta. Security Council Resolution 2440, adopted on 31 October 2018, marks a significant step forward, especially as it stresses the need to open a new chapter in the […]