As Morocco is invited to outline the details of its autonomy plan for Western Sahara, Paris has suggested that Rabat take inspiration from the governance model applied in French Polynesia since 1984.
As the United Nations Security Council prepares to review the Western Sahara issue, coordination between Paris and Rabat is intensifying. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot is expected to meet soon with UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura. While Washington applies political pressure on Algeria, Paris is concentrating on the technical aspects.