Amid Algeria’s cautious official silence over the fast-moving developments on the Western Sahara issue at the United Nations, authorities in Algiers have turned to media outlets close to them to voice their position. These outlets have launched sharp attacks on France and the United Arab Emirates, accusing both countries of exerting «intense pressure» within the Security Council to push through a resolution recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara.
As diplomatic maneuvering intensifies ahead of the upcoming United Nations Security Council vote on a new resolution concerning the Western Sahara issue, Algeria has begun signaling that it may abstain if the text includes any reference to Morocco’s sovereignty over the territory.
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.
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