Algeria has decided to recall its ambassador in Ivory Coast, reacting to the opening of an Ivorian consulate in Laayoune.
A Slovak minister is tipped to be the next UN personal envoy to Western Sahara, diplomats told AFP. The nomination comes after Antonio Guterres announced that «a selection process [is] under way» to appoint a new personal envoy to Western Sahara.
Israel has reportedly pushed the United States to open a consulate in Laayoune, a Moroccan official told Bloomberg. The report comes as Israeli media revealed that Benjamin Netanyahu pushed Washington to back Morocco on the Sahara issue.
The Polisario Front has lost another ally in Latin America by the start of 2020. On Monday, Bolivian interim government announced that it had cut «diplomatic ties» with «SADR».