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French Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian expressed deep concern at the situation in the border crossing of Guerguarat where Polisario loyalists blocked the free flow of commercial traffic. The French Minister, who is on a working visit to Rabat, commended Morocco’s sense of responsibility and reiterated his country’s position in support of Morocco’s autonomy […]
The 4th Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution reaffirming support for the political process in the Sahara and calling on all parties to cooperate fully with the UN Secretary-General to reach a political solution to this regional dispute. The committee thus expresses support to the political process based on the Security Council […]
The European Union (EU) reiterated, Friday before the 4th Committee of the UN General Assembly, its call for the registration by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of the population of the Tindouf camps, in Algerian territory, as requested by the Security Council. Germany’s permanent representative to the UN, Christoph Heusgen, who […]
Libya is believed to be the second Arab country to open shortly a consulate in the Saharan Moroccan city of Laayoune after the United Arab Emirates, dealing another setback to the Polisario and the Algerian regime. According to local Assabah daily, all necessary measures and preparations have been made for the opening of this new […]
The opening Wednesday of a UAE Consulate General in Laayoune will give a new impetus to the “solid and strategic” relations between the two countries, said Emirati FM, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. “This act is an indication of the long-standing and strategic nature that has always marked the ties between our two countries,” […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially inaugurated its Consulate General in Laayoune, in the Moroccan Sahara, this Wednesday, November 4. The inauguration ceremony of the diplomatic representation was co-chaired by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and the UAE ambassador to Rabat El Assri Al Asri Saeed Ahmed Al Dhaheri. The UAE thus becomes the first […]
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) had planned to deliver on Monday before the UN Fourth Committee a declaration challenging Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara. However, as soon as the draft declaration was circulated, five member states of this very SADC — Democratic Republic of Congo, Comoros, Malawi, Eswatini, and Zambia — voiced opposition to […]
Liberia’s foreign minister Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah has reaffirmed his country’s continuous firm backing to Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara and its territorial integrity. Speaking at a joint press briefing held Monday in Rabat with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, the Liberian top diplomat also voiced Monrovia’s solidarity with Morocco in defending its national cause, affirming […]
The Moroccan government expressed satisfaction with the latest UN Security Council resolution, which renewed the mandate of MINURSO for one year, until 31 Oct.2021, saying the text is clear, firm, and consistent, and highlights Algeria’s responsibility in the Sahara dispute. Resolution 2548, adopted by the UN Security Council, Friday, on the Moroccan Sahara, contains three […]
France expressed, on Friday, its concern about “the current obstruction situation” caused by the Polisario and its militias in the buffer zone of Guerguarat, warning that such a situation is likely to create tensions that would undermine the political process aimed at reaching a final solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. “France […]