From his office at the US Department of State in Washington, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale is paying close attention to the «round table», held currently in Geneva. Indeed, Hale had a telephone conversation on Wednesday afternoon, December the 5th, with the Mauritanian Foreign Affairs Minister, Ismail Ould Cheikh, reports the Mauritania’s official news agency, AMI, in a press release. Even though AMI announced that David Hale’s call
The first day of the Geneva «round-table» kicked off on Wednesday afternoon, December the 5th. The UN Secretary-General’s Envoy for Western Sahara spent the morning of that day meeting with the officials heading the four delegations, coming from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Tindouf Camps. Horst Köhler met with Foreign Ministers from Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania, Nasser Bourita, Abdelkader Messahel and Ismail Ould Cheikh respectively, in a hotel. On the other
Mauritanians celebrate every year the 28th of November, commemorating their independence. A special celebration that brings us back to a shared history, Moroccans have taken part to during the 60's. Indeed, declaring Mauritania an independent State in November the 28th 1960 was not a joyful announcement for everybody at the time. And as Mauritanians celebrated their independence, Moroccans witnessed their dream of building a «great Maghreb» collapse before their
Invited by the UN Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Köhler to attend a round table on the Western Sahara conflict, Morocco, the Polisario, Algeria and Mauritania will have to send delegations on the 5th and 6th of December to Geneva (Switzerland). According to French-language magazine Jeune Afrique, Köhler sent a letter on November the 21st to the four parties participating to the meeting. In his letter, the UN diplomat indicated that each delegation must be composed of five
Morocco urged Algeria to give an official answer to the royal initiative, made public by King Mohammed VI in his Green March speech, says MAP news agency quoting a communiqué issued Monday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. This reaction came after Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita met on November the 26th with the ambassador of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria in Rabat. During this meeting, Bourita announced that the Kingdom remains
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