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Washington Renews Backing to UN Efforts to Settle Sahara IssueThe United States on Tuesday renewed backing to the ongoing efforts made by the United Nations to find a peaceful, sustainable, and mutually acceptable political solution to the Sahara Issue. This came during a meeting at the State Department between Acting Secretary of State John J. […]
Morocco has placed its army on high alert to repel any attempt at altering the status of the Sahara buffer zone after the Polisario announced moving the command of its militias and so called parliament to Bir Lahlou area, east of the Morocco-built security wall. Moroccan papers are speaking of the fog of war that […]
The UN has refuted Morocco’s protests that the Polisario has conducted incursions in the buffer zone east of the security wall at a moment the Polisario, through its officials and media outlets, has admitted moving militiamen to the demilitarized area. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York that the MINURSO had “not observed […]
Morocco will never let the Polisario separatists alter the status of the Sahara buffer zone said Morocco’s government chief, Saad Eddine El Otmani in a reaction to the maneuvers by the Algerian-backed separatists to set up posts in the demilitarized area. The buffer zone east of Morocco’s security wall is a demilitarized area under the […]
Morocco has vehemently denounced the latest repeated provocations of the Polisario in several areas east of the Sahara security wall, and warned that the escalated violations of the ceasefire and the military agreements in force constitute a casus belli. The transfer of any civilian, military, administrative or any other structure by the Polisario from the […]
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls on Algeria to contribute to the resolution of the Sahara conflict, according to a first draft of the annual report on the Sahara he will submit to the Security Council later in April. The preliminary report urges in paragraph 48 Algeria and Mauritania to contribute effectively to the […]
In the face of the repetitive incursions by the Polisario in the buffer zone, east of the Sahara security wall, Morocco has made it clear that its patience has limits vowing to take action to deter the Polisario from seeking to alter the status of the area. During an urgent briefing at the Parliament’s foreign […]
Following the growing provocative incursions of the Polisario armed militiamen in the Guerguerat buffer zone, UN Security Council has denounced these hostile acts made by the Algeria-backed separatists, in a bid to undermine peace and stability in the region, making it clear that “there should be no change in the status of the buffer zone”. […]
Qatar has reaffirmed its support to Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and underscored that any settlement of the regional dispute over the territory needs to respect the North African country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. This renewed support came in the joint statement issued Monday in Rabat at the end of the 7th session of the […]
Newly elected president of Chile Sebastián Piñera reaffirmed his country’s position in support of Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara Speaking on the sidelines of his investiture ceremony to Speaker of Morocco’s Lower House Habib El Malki, Piñera stressed that supporting Morocco’s territorial integrity is an unwavering commitment in Chile’s foreign policy. Regarding […]