EXTERNAL ACTION / Morocco

EU hails resolution extending mandate of UN mission on Western Sahara

Brussels, 02/05/2017 (Agence Europe)

The European Union "hails the adoption by the UN Security Council of Resolution 2351 on the issue of the Sahara", an EU spokesperson said, as reported by Moroccan news agency MAP on Saturday 29 April.

In this resolution, the Security Council has decided to renew, until 30 April 2018, the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).

The EU calls in this declaration for the parties to be encouraged to use the window of opportunity created by this...