Morocco welcomed resolution 2414 by the UN security council renewing the mandate of the MINURSO for six months and urging the polisairo to withdraw from the buffer strip, said Morocco’s Ambassador Omar Hilale. “The Security Council resolution strengthens Morocco’s position and resolve in responding to recent Polisario provocations east of the security wall and in the buffer strip in Guerguarat,” Hilale told the press in New York after the adoption of the resolution. The Security Council was uncompromising in condemning Polisario’s ceasefire violations and urged the Algerian-backed militia to “immediately withdraw” from the buffer strip in Guerguarat, he said. “Now either they obey to the Security Council calls or they assume the serious repercussions that may result from their illegal actions,” said the Moroccan Ambassador. Hilale added that the Security Council recognized the Kingdom’s restraint and “measured response” to the Polisario provocations.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 28, 2018 10:41 UTC