Kuwait reassures Morocco, stating that it supports the Kingdom’s stance on the Western Sahara territorial dispute. This move comes as the same country defended Friday the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination.
Three days before the expiry of the MINURSO’s mandate, United States Ambassador to the United Nations has held talks with three members of the Security Council.
Voting on the UN draft resolution on Western Sahara has been postponed by the U.S. after Russia stated that the text lacks «balance».
After five days of negotiations between members of the «Western Sahara Friends Club», the draft resolution on the Sahara will be soon voted. The document meets some of Morocco’s demands.
Armed members of the Polisario front intercepted, on March 16, a team of MINURSO military observers and fired warning gunshots, said UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric.
The draft resolution submitted last night to the UN Security Council is worrying to Morocco. The document failed to make reference to the Polisario’s military incursions into the buffer zones.
While Morocco insisted on denouncing the use of chemical weapons by the Bashar’s forces, the Kingdom took its distances regarding the air strikes launched by the United States and joined by its French and British allies.
Minister delegate for relations with parliament and civil society, and the government spokesperson attended Saturday in Laayoune a conference organized by the Forum of international alternatives. Yabiladi’s team was there and had the chance to ask Mustapha El Khalfi about the situation in the Sahara.