The UN envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has floated the idea of dividing the territory between Morocco and the Polisario Front as a solution to the near five-decades-old dispute, according to remarks seen byThe long-frozen conflict, dating back to 1975, pits Morocco, which considers Western Sahara its own territory, against the Algeria-backed Polisario Front independence movement, which seeks a separate state there.
In a briefing to the Security Council behind closed doors on Wednesday, De Mistura, a veteran Italian diplomat, said that partition “could allow for the creation on the one hand of an independent state in the southern part and on the other hand the integration of the rest of the Territory as part of Morocco, with its sovereignty over it internationally recognized.
As Morocco’s autonomy plan gains traction at the bilateral level, De Mistura on Wednesday urged Rabat to “explain and expand” its proposal.
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