On the 23rd of October 1963 Charles De Gaulle, head of the provisional government of the French Republic, and Alain Peyrefitte, the French Foreign Minister were discussing at the Elysee Palace the armed conflict between Morocco and Algeria, France’s two colonies. The border conflict between the two neighboring states lasted 4 months, 3 weeks and 5 days.
Staffan de Mistura, the UN envoy for the Sahara, has presented a proposal to partition Western Sahara to members of the Security Council. This proposal was suggested before by Algeria.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced plans for an imminent Algerian-Libyan-Tunisian summit, continuing trilateral consultations to strengthen cooperation between the three countries. Despite efforts to include Mauritania, Algeria wants to relaunch the Maghreb Arab Union, excluding Morocco.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune claimed that his country respects and adheres to Security Council decisions regarding the Sahara issue. However, Algeria has already declined the Council’s invitation to participate in roundtable discussions and the census of the Tindouf camps, undermining its stance on cooperation with UN resolutions.