After the Skhirat agreements signed on December 17, 2015, Libya got bogged down in a fratricidal war, and Morocco was marginalized by several countries influencing this issue. The situation is changing, with strong UN support.
Once again, Morocco relies on the Saharawi card to respond, at the UNHCR, to the Polisario and to Algeria. A card that has already proven its worth both in the two rounds of the UN «Geneva Round Table» and in the EU to bypass the 2016 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Morocco wishes to present itself as an actor concerned about the stability of Libya and a great defender of the interests of Libyan citizens. This is the message that the Kingdom conveyed Wednesday at a meeting organized by the United Nations on this subject.
Algeria and Morocco once again cross paths at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Two presidents of Sahrawi regions replied to the Algerian diplomat.
In an assessment done by two UN agencies and the World Bank, it has been revealed that Morocco’s most vulnerable economic sectors are being hit hard by the Covid-19 crisis.
Two weeks after announcing that Slovak minister Miroslav Lajcak is tipped to replace the former UN personal envoy to the Sahara. French media put an end to its campaign, reporting that the candidacy of the Slovak senior official has been abandoned.