In February 2017, a retired Algerian general played the role of a mediator between Brahim Ghali and Ould El Bouhali. Two years later, another Algerian general is tasked with the same mission.
At the Security Council, the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara announced that he is preparing for a second «round-table», on the territorial dispute. Horst Köhler is bringing together the four parties for new talks in March.
Brussels is currently hosting the meeting of foreign affairs ministers of the African Union and the European Union, which is attended by a Polisario delegation. This move comes after Morocco has tried everything to ban the representatives of the separatist movement from making it to international meetings.
After it threatened to seek the Court of Justice of the European Union to cancel the EU-Morocco agricultural agreement amended last week by the European Parliament, the Polisario Front sent a letter to the President of the UN Security Council.
After MEPs voted in favor of extending tariff preferences to products from Western Sahara, the Polisario couldn’t hide its anger. In a communiqué, the Front condemned the decision claiming that it violated the CJEU’s ruling.