The EU, France, Spain and Germany have welcomed the appointment of Germany’s former President Horst Köhler as new Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara. “The EU is looking forward to working with Kohler,” said an EU Spokesperson in a statement to Morocco’s news agency. The French foreign ministry, for its part, commended in a statement the appointment of Kohler and expressed France’s “full support” for him. By opting for Kohler, the new UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres upholds the principle of rotation in Sahara personal envoy between the US and Europe. After eight years as UNSG Personal Envoy, Ross left a legacy of failures on the Sahara issue.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 18, 2017 17:03 UTC