Morocco’s state-owned news agency MAP has slammed Algeria for publishing a report on Western Sahara. The latter is reportedly conducted by the research services of the German parliament, but to MAP, Algeria is the one behind it.
During the Non-Aligned Movement summit, the Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune addressed the Western Sahara question. Morocco responded firmly to that through Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita.
Having the EU-Morocco association agreement cover products originating from Western Sahara is a new challenge to Morocco. The decision was announced Tuesday through the Official Journal of the European Union.
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.