In a bid to ease diplomatic tensions centered on Morocco’s disputed region of Western Sahara, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is set to meet Moroccan King Mohammed VI during a two-day visit
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Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez, in a letter he sent to Moroccan King Mohammed VI on March 18, stated that his country considered Rabat’s plan to resolve the Western Sahara problem as the
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On Tuesday, the US reiterated its support for a Moroccan plan for autonomy in Western Sahara to settle the Kingdom’s decades-old conflict in the region with the Polisario Front. US Deputy Secretary
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The personal envoy of the Secretary-General of the UN, Staffan de Mistura, who went on a regional tour for the Western Sahara issue, ended his visit. He had announced that he would
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Washington, during which bilateral relations were discussed as well as the situation in Western Sahara. Speaking at the
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Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita stated that his country is determined to definitively “turn the page” on the Western Sahara conflict but without giving up its “legitimate rights” over the territory, amid
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In a speech on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the “Green March”, King Mohammed VI of Morocco stated that Western Sahara will never be at the negotiating table. Stating that
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Expressing concern at the breakdown of the 1991 ceasefire between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front, the UN Security Council has extended the UN peacekeeping mission in the Western Sahara region for
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Algeria conveyed to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that they refused to participate in the “round table meetings” held in Geneva, to discuss the Western Sahara problem. Amar Belani, Algeria’s Special
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The UN announced the appointment of Staffan de Mistura as the body’s special envoy for the Western Sahara region, succeeding his predecessor, Horst Köhler, during a press conference held by Secretary-General Antonio
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