Armed members of the Polisario front intercepted, on March 16, a team of MINURSO military observers and fired warning gunshots, said UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric.
The draft resolution submitted last night to the UN Security Council is worrying to Morocco. The document failed to make reference to the Polisario’s military incursions into the buffer zones.
In his report on the Sahara, Antonio Guterres pointed to the MINURSO’s inability to monitor the ceasefire and report military movements in the eastern part of the security wall where ground patrols are carried only by day.
King Mohammed VI has spoken UNSG Antonio General about the Polisario’s military presence in the buffer zones, said Nasser Bourita. The sovereign insisted that Algeria to bear part of the responsibility of Algeria regarding the territorial dispute.
Morocco’s diplomatic offensive and military efforts are finally started to bear fruit. The Polisario’s military presence in the Guerguerate and Mahbes has been significantly reduced.