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After Staffan de Mistura, the UN Secretary-General's personal envoy for Western Sahara, visited the Tindouf camps and Algiers, the Polisario convened a meeting of its regional secretaries on June 17 and 18 to assess recent developments.
In an extensive address, Brahim Ghali aimed to prepare Sahrawis to consider negotiations on Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara. Faced with Rabat’s growing international diplomatic influence on the matter, he stated that «the Sahrawi people are facing a fierce attack». He urged the regional secretaries to maintain «vigilance» and to «prepare for all scenarios».
Reinforcing November’s revelations
This public message, circulated by the Front’s media outlets, reinforces the revelations made last November by Polisario members abroad concerning discussions at a general secretariat meeting about UN Security Council Resolution 2797.
The discussions back then focused on how to proceed if Donald Trump invited the Front to engage in future negotiations. «Opinions were split: some prominent figures supported participating, suggesting it was crucial to avert potential "US sanctions" if they refused talks based on Morocco’s autonomy plan», disclosed Said Zarwal, a Sahrawi based in Sweden.
It's important to note that the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy for Western Sahara urged the Polisario during the April 23 Security Council session to consent to «painful concessions» and embrace realism. De Mistura reiterated this message in his discussions with Brahim Ghali on June 8 in the Tindouf camps, and later with Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf on June 15.
Meanwhile, Massad Boulos, after meeting De Mistura in Oslo, remarked that US President Donald Trump is pressing for a swift resolution to the Sahara issue.
The Norwegian capital may host a new round of talks involving Morocco, Algeria, the Polisario, and Mauritania. So far, the Trump administration has maintained its support for Morocco’s plan as the framework for negotiations.
Algeria and the Polisario are notably hoping for a Republican defeat in the upcoming midterm elections in November to buy time. The allies anticipate that changes in the House of Representatives' majority could persuade Donald Trump to focus more on domestic concerns during the last two years of his term.
