An American military delegation from the United States Embassy in Rabat conducted security discussions with the leadership of the United Nations Mission in the Moroccan Sahara (MINURSO) in Laayoune.
The delegation, led by Colonel Seward Matwick Emerson, talked with Alexander Avanko, the head of the MINURSO mission and the United Nations Secretary-General’s representative in the Sahara.
During their visit, Colonel Emerson, accompanied by First Lieutenant Carl Fischer, will also engage in discussions with General Fakhrul Ahsan, the commander of the military forces of the United Nations Mission in the Sahara, to address challenges related to peacekeeping in the region.
During their visit to the MINURSO mission headquarters in Laayoune, the American military delegation’s primary aim is to familiarize themselves with the UN mission’s operations.
They sought to understand its role in monitoring the ceasefire agreement of 1991 and the obstacles hindering its tasks, particularly concerning the Polisario’s failure to abide by the agreement.
This visit coincides with the diplomatic visit of Joshua Harris, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, to the region.
Harris will arrive to Morocco after an Algeria trip to advance regional peace and enhance the United Nations political process, seeking a political solution to the Sahara conflict.
Earlier visits by Harris to Algeria and the Tindouf camps involved meetings with Algerian officials and Polisario.
The US Embassy in Rabat announced Harris’s scheduled meeting with Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccans Residing Abroad. This meeting aimed to reaffirm Washington’s steadfast support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative to resolve the Sahara dispute under Moroccan sovereignty.
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