The United States has welcomed the adoption on Tuesday by the UN Security Council of Resolution 2468 that renews for six months the MINURSO mandate, and underlined the importance of reaching a “realistic, pragmatic, and sustainable solution” to the Sahara issue through negotiations. The US diplomat stressed further that “the goal of the Security Council should be to propose a timely and mutually acceptable political solution”. Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario met in December under the auspices of the UN in Geneva. In March, the delegations met again and began in-depth discussions with a view to reaching a mutually acceptable political solution, he recalled seemingly upbeat about the outcome of these discussions. Representatives of several other members of the Security Council have renewed support to the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative, which is, as put by Kuwait’s representative to the UN “a constructive option to reach a mutually acceptable solution” to the Sahara conflict.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 01, 2019 01:30 UTC