It is hard to believe that during his visit to Rabat, the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union did not talk to Moroccan officials about the Sahara conflict just three weeks before the Mauritania summit.
Three weeks before the start of the 31st African Union summit, Moussa Faki Mahamat visits Morocco to discuss the implementation of Resolution 653, adopted July 2017. The AU Chairperson will have to head later to the Tindouf camps.
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat met with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz. Their meeting was an opportunity to tackle the Western Sahara conflict.
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat is ignoring Morocco’s warnings. After a working visit to Algeria, he announced his intention to present a proposal for the settlement of the Western Sahara conflict.
The first meeting to bring Horst Köhler and a Moroccan delegation together went well. Morocco reiterated its conditions for the settlement of the conflict. A position that contradicts what the German mediator is advocating for.
After ratifying the protocol marking the creation of the African Union Peace and Security Council in a recently published Dahir, Morocco is free to apply for the leadership of the African body replacing Algeria. Meanwhile, the neighboring country is looking forward to getting a seat at the UN Security Council.
Having King Mohammed VI’s attending the 5th AU-EU summit reinforces the kingdom’s presence in Africa. A decision announced as the Polisario allies gathered under the umbrella of the Southern African Development Community are facing a number of changes, namely in Zimbabwe and Angola.