Interviewed by Palestinian journalist Abdel Bari Atwan, the Mauritanian president said that «the West, the United States and Europe do not want a state separating Mauritania from Morocco». «Everything you hear, outside this framework, is wrong», he said, adopting a position that was voiced in 2008 by Peter van Walsum.
The second round-table on the Western Sahara dispute has ended Friday. Following the two-day talks, Horst Köhler issued a statement that goes hand in hand with the UN Security Council resolutions.
Negotiations in Geneva between Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario under the auspices of the United Nations started on Thursday. The notion of self-determination was a sticking point in the round-table convened by the UN personal envoy.
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