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Massad Boulos, senior advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump on African affairs, made a high-level visit to Algeria on July 26 and 27. In Algiers, he was accompanied by Joshua Harris, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.
While the American delegation did not publicly address the Western Sahara issue following meetings with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the Sahrawi Movement for Peace (MSP) welcomed U.S. involvement in efforts to resolve the conflict. «The MSP welcomes the United States' engagement in seeking a solution to the Western Sahara conflict», Hach Ahmed Bericalla, the MSP's secretary-general, told Yabiladi.
«From his first term, President Trump has emphasized that achieving peace and stability in North Africa hinges on reconciliation between the two principal regional powers, Morocco and Algeria. The MSP appreciates the U.S.'s dedication to finding a peaceful, just, and lasting resolution to the conflict, as well as the potential role they can play as guarantors of this solution», he added.
«We responded to this visit because the MSP represents a third way. We aim for a peaceful resolution to this issue and maintain independence in our decisions».
Meanwhile, the Polisario Front chose to remain silent. Media outlets affiliated with the group merely relayed an Algerian Press Service (APS) dispatch covering the meeting between Massad Boulos and Algeria’s Foreign Minister, Ahmed Attaf.
In the aftermath of the visit by Trump's special advisor for Africa, the Polisario’s general secretariat met on Monday, July 28, to «review internal and external issues».
