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UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced Wednesday the appointment of Horst Köhler, former President of Germany, as his Personal Envoy for the Sahara. Mr. Köhler brings more than 35 years of experience in government and international organizations, including as President of the Federal Republic of Germany (2004-2010), said the UN spokesman in a statement. He served […]
Morocco has given its green light for the appointment of Horst Kohler, former German President (2004-2010), as new Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, succeeding US diplomat Christopher Ross, le360.ma said quoting a diplomatic source. The Moroccan diplomatic source, which requested not to be named, said that Morocco informed the UN […]
The Algerian-backed separatist movement, the Polisario, gave its initial agreement on the appointment of former German President Horst Köhler as Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General to the Sahara in place of US diplomat Christopher Ross. Moroccan news website, Le360, reported that an official Polisario source said that the UN Secretary General’s proposal for […]
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on the Polisario to immediately withdraw from the Guerguarat area in the buffer strip in the southernmost tip of the Sahara. In his report to the UN Security Council members, Gueterres expressed deep concern regarding the presence of Polisario militiamen in the buffer strip warning that the situation […]
Christopher Ross, the current Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, has informed the new UN Chief Antonio Guterres about his intention to resign as his term ends in March, several Moroccan and Algerian media outlets reported. Ross, 74, has allegedly communicated his wish not to renew his term in office as […]
Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous said he would pay a visit to Morocco this week to meet Moroccan officials and visit the headquarters of the UN mission to the Sahara, MINURSO. The announcement of this visit surprised many as the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy Christopher Ross saw his visit to Morocco postponed on […]
Sweden’s plans to recognize the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Republic has sparked widespread anger in Morocco where the Islamist-led government and all political parties denounced Stockholm’s political hostile move. All Moroccan political actors in the North African nation are in shock. They cannot figure out why some Swedish political parties are taking such a perilous stand instead […]
A diplomatic row between Algiers and Nouakchott has erupted over an article published by Mauritanian e-journal Al-Bayan, alleging that Mauritania had complained to the U.N about Morocco flooding it with drugs. Mauritania, infuriated by the false news that could strain its ties with Morocco, immediately expelled the Chief adviser at the Algerian embassy Belkacem Cherouati […]
Morocco has renewed its readiness to take part in negotiations, either direct negotiations or negotiations through UN mediation, to settle once and for all the Western Sahara conflict, but made it clear that its sovereignty over its entire territory is not negotiable and that the autonomy initiative proposed in 2007 is the maximum that Morocco […]