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The UN Security Council has dealt a hard blow to the Polisario thugs, the Algerian and South African leaders, with the adoption last Tuesday of resolution 2468 with a large majority. In this resolution, the Council underlined, once again, the importance of respecting fully its commitments in order to maintain the momentum of the political […]
The European Union reiterated on Thursday its support for the United Nations efforts to reach a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution to the Sahara issue, based on compromise . Commenting on Security Council Resolution 2468 on the Sahara adopted on April 30, an EU spokeswoman said “the EU supports the efforts of the […]
As expected, Algeria and the Polisario were displeased with Sahara resolution 2468 adopted last Tuesday by the UN Security Council with a large majority of 13 votes in favor and two abstentions (Russia and South Africa). According to sources close to the UN, the Polisario and its Algerian sponsors were very upset by this resolution, […]
The polisario and its mentors must understand that the world has changed and that the era of separatism is bygone, said, on Tuesday in New York, Morocco’s ambassador to the UN Omar Hilale, affirming that autonomy remains the only solution to the Sahara regional conflict. Speaking to journalists at the UN headquarters following the adoption […]
The United States has welcomed the adoption on Tuesday by the UN Security Council of Resolution 2468 that renews for six months the MINURSO mandate, and underlined the importance of reaching a “realistic, pragmatic, and sustainable solution” to the Sahara issue through negotiations. At the end of the vote on the resolution Tuesday, Rodney Hunter, […]
The autonomy plan presented by Morocco is a “serious and credible basis” for negotiations aimed at reaching a final political solution to the Sahara issue, said France on Tuesday. “It is important for the four delegations (Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Polisario) to continue their discussions in a constructive spirit of compromise with a view to […]
The UN Security Council has lauded the new momentum given by the two roundtable meetings on the Sahara issue, held in Geneva at the initiative of the UN Secretary General’s personal envoy Horst Köhler, and commended Morocco’s serious commitment to the UN political process. In Resolution 2468, adopted Tuesday by 13 votes and 2 abstentions, […]
The UN Security Council decided on April 30 to extend the MINURSO mandate for six months, while it once again recognized the credibility of the Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative to settle the Sahara conflict. The Security Council “decides to extend the mandate of the MINURSO until 31 October 2019,” reads the text of resolution 2468. The […]
Moroccan diplomacy has played a proactive role in Latin America during the few past years, resulting in the loss of the Polisario support in a number of countries, although the separatist group has representatives posted in Latin America and the Caribbean region, said Clara Riveros, an expert in Latin American Studies. In her lecture titled: […]
Russia supports a quick consensual resolution of the Sahara issue, said on Tuesday Russia’s Deputy Foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov. He made the remarks in Moscow after meeting vice chairman of the Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organisation (AAPSO), Talaâ Saoud Atlassi. Mr.Bogdanov, who is also a presidential envoy for the Middle East and Africa, said Moscow and […]