Waiting for Antonio Guterres to submit his report on Western Sahara to the Security Council, the floor was given to Horst Köhler. During a closed session, the UN organ expressed its worries regarding the situation in the Guerguerate.
While Nasser Bourita denied Köhler’s visit to Rabat and the deployment of a Moroccan delegation to Berlin, the German mediator continues with his consultations.
More than 120 countries have backed on Thursday a UN resolution denouncing the recent declaration of President Donald Trump. At the United Nations General Assembly in New York, member states voted for a resolution urging the U.S. to «drop its recognition» of Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel. The vote came as Trump’s administration threatened to cut aid from countries intending to oppose the United States.
The Polisario is in the process of getting an invitation to attend the African Union-EU summit shedualed for the 29th and 30th of November in Abidjan. Before electing Moussa Faki Mahamat, a Chadian politician, as the chairperson of the African Union Commission and Morocco’s admission to the Panafrican organization, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a South-African politician, has offered the separatist Front a valuable gift. Details.
Morocco’s admission to ECOWAS is still making headlines in Nigeria. MPs at the Nigerian House of Representatives have raised their concerns regarding the Kingdom’s bid to be part of the regional organization. On the other hand, on Wednesday, a Moroccan-Nigerian Parliamentary Friendship Group held its inaugural meeting in Abuja to discuss mutual agreements and economic projects between the two nations. Details.
The Southern African Development Community has announced recently the holding of a «conference» of solidarity with the Polisario Front. A decision that has not been given a date yet.