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.
By sending a letter to the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, is the Polisario Front truly defending its own interests or those of Algeria? An analysis.
Risking the ire of Algeria and the Polisario, Staffan de Mistura has called for the resumption of the Round Table process, which has been stalled for several years. The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara also urged Algiers to take a constructive role by encouraging the Polisario Front to pursue a political and diplomatic resolution to the conflict.
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