Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura said today he will make a “new regional tour to try to push the political process forward,” briefing journalists after closed-door consultation of a UN Security Council meeting on the Sahara.
“we hope it will be soon,” de Mistura told AFP when asked whether his expected visit is taking place in the coming weeks, or months.
During the meeting, “all supported (my) efforts” to relaunch the process of political negotiation of a solution to the conflict, he said, indicating that embers of the Security Council reiterated during today’s biannual session “same positions” on the conflict.
The meeting came at a time when the Moroccan autonomy initiative continues to gather strong and active support from United Nations member states, many of whom support the autonomy plan, including recent shifts in Spanish, German, and Filipino leaders in support of Morocco’s proposed plan.
The latest UN Security Council resolution, which extended the mandate of MINURSO for one year (October 31, 2022), consolidated and confirmed the continuity of the round table process with its modalities and with its four participants – Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, and the Polisario – as the one and only framework for the settlement of the regional conflict over the Moroccan Sahara.
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