The new exchanges of fire between Morocco and the Polisario at the Guerguerat border crossing are worrying the UN. It calls on the parties to take all necessary measures to defuse tensions.
The Security Council has been informed of the latest developments in Guerguerat in the Moroccan Sahara . A comprehensive report was made on the operation of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) to secure the free movement of people and goods in the buffer zone.
A "political and fair" solution will definitively resolve the crisis in the Moroccan Sahara . This is at least what Arancha Gonzalez Laya, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, the EU and Cooperation, pleads for.
The latest developments in the El Guerguerate area, with the intervention of the FAR, were on the agenda of the telephone exchange that Serguei Lavrov, the head of Russian diplomacy, and Boukadoum, his Algerian counterpart, had last Friday. The announcement was made by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through a press release.
The Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN, Omar Hilale , intervened this Friday on the CNN International television channel. Addressing the issue of the Moroccan Sahara, he stated that "the armed separatist group the polisario has disqualified itself from any participation in the political process on the Moroccan Sahara and has shown the whole world that it has no place around the round tables".
On the issue of the Moroccan Sahara , Spain’s position has not changed an iota. The country has reaffirmed that this "very clear" position is set by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidency of the Government.
The UN confirms the new exchanges of fire between the Moroccan army and the Polisario in the Sahara.
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) continues its actions for the abolition of the death penalty. It is in this perspective that it has suggested that Morocco vote in favor of the resolution on the universal moratorium on the application of the death penalty, during the next session of the 3rd UN committee.
Political scientist Ahmed Noureddine, a specialist in the issue of the Moroccan Sahara , rules out the possibility of a war between Morocco and the Polisario.
Faced with the resurgence of tensions between Morocco and the Polisario, France calls for "doing everything to avoid escalation" in the Sahara.
Following the military operation launched by Morocco in the Guerguerat buffer zone, Ibrahim Ghali, the Secretary General, wrote to the UN Secretary-General and the Security Council.
One of the reasons that explains the tense situation between Morocco and Algeria is the closure of the land border between the two countries. For the former head of government, Abdelilah Benkirane, this situation that has persisted for 26 years has lasted too long.