Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Staffan de Mistura, conducted extensive meetings on Monday at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss developments in the Moroccan Sahara conflict and the current situation facing the MINURSO mission on the ground, sources told Hespress AR.
de Mistura met with António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Sidi Mohamed Ammar, an official of the Polisario Front in New York and coordinator with the MINURSO mission.
These meetings are part of consultations with UN officials to issue official invitations to relevant parties involved in the Sahara conflict with the goal of reignite negotiations that have been stalled since March 2019.
António Guterres acknowledged this meeting in a tweet on the “X” website, though specific details were not disclosed.
Tonight, the UN Security Council is scheduled to hold a closed session to hear a briefing from Staffan de Mistura, the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Sahara.
This briefing will cover the latest developments in the Sahara conflict and the outcomes of consultations with involved parties and international stakeholders.
Alexander Ivanko, the United Nations Special Representative and head of the MINURSO mission, will also provide insights into on-the-ground developments related to the UN mission’s mandate.
A UN source shared with Hespress AR that Staffan de Mistura’s recent meeting aim to officially invite parties to resume negotiations, last held during the Geneva talks in March 2019 under Former German UN envoy Horst Köhler.
Algeria and the Polisario were invited to future talks by Joshua Harris, US Assistant Secretary of State, during his recent visit to Algeria, the source said.
Separate meetings are planned in New York with Ambassador Ammar Ben Jama, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations, and Sidi Mohamed Ammar, the Polisario Front’s official, and MINURSO coordinator.
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