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MINURSO Chief Alexander Ivanko and UN envoy for the Sahara Staffan de Mistura are expected to brief this April the UN Security Council on latest developments of the Sahara regional issue. On 30 October 2023, the Security Council adopted resolution 2703 that renewed the mandate of MINURSO for another year until 31 October. The resolution […]
The International Crisis Group has warned that a gradual escalation of hostilities over the Sahara issue could spark a broader conflict in the region. The Algeria-backed Polisario group could launch more attacks on Moroccan territory, targeting foreign economic interests, says the Brussels-based think-tank in its assessment of serious global conflicts risks. The deadly attacks targeting […]
The Congress of the Socialist International (SI) held last week in Madrid has ignored the Polisario and invited the Sahrawi Movement for Peace (MSP), which backs Moroccan Autonomy Plan, dealing a hard blow to the Algeria-backed separatist group. The MSP is known for its pragmatic approach for the settlement of the Sahara regional conflict to […]
Spain is mulling transferring the management of the airspace of the Sahara territory to Morocco, ending one of the last relics of Spanish colonial rule in the area. Spanish media El Confidentiel and OK Diario reported the news, citing that the decision entails Morocco opening customs with two Spanish-occupied enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Discussions […]
President of the Spanish Government President Pedro Sánchez reiterated, on Wednesday from Rabat, his country’s position supporting the autonomy plan presented by Morocco in 2007, to resolve the artificial dispute over the Sahara. Speaking at a news conference held at the end of his working visit to the Kingdom, Sánchez reaffirmed the Spanish government’s position […]
The Sahara issue is no longer on the agenda at the African Union, as the recently concluded 37th Summit of Heads of State and Government, the supreme body of the pan-African institution, made no reference or quotation on the national question, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita. Since Morocco’s return to the African Union […]
The Irish diplomacy has affirmed that it does NOT recognize the self-proclaimed SADR, dealing another hard blow to the Algerian regime and its Polisario puppet, becoming a liability and persona non-grata worldwide. Both the Algerian junta and the Polisario have been ridiculed for falsely labeling a private visit paid lately by Polisario chief to Dublin […]
Cooperation between the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces and the UN mission for the Sahara, MINURSO, was reviewed at a meeting in Agadir Thursday between Inspector General of FAR and Commander of the South Zone, Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid, and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of MINURSO, Alexander Ivanko. MINURSO chief […]
Spain has officially reaffirmed that the Moroccan Autonomy Plan for the Sahara, presented in 2007, is “the most serious, realistic and credible basis for the resolution of this dispute” and underlined the importance of Sahara issue for Morocco. This came in a written response by the Government to the question asked at the congress by […]
President of the Transitional National Assembly of the Republic of Gabon, Jean-François Ndongou, reiterated, Monday from Rabat, his country’s firm position in favor of the kingdom’s territorial integrity and the Moroccan sovereignty over of the Sahara. This position was expressed during a meeting between Ndongou, who is on a working visit to the Kingdom at […]