King chairs working session with negotiating delegation on Sahara
6/27/2007
King Mohammed VI chaired on Monday in the Atlantic city of Agadir a working session with the delegation that participated in the first round of negotiations on the Moroccan Sahara with the Algeria-backed Polisario separatists, which took place last week in Manhasset, New York outskirts.
A press release of the Office of the King said the monarch gave his instructions for the preparation of the second round of talks scheduled for the second week of August in the same venue.
The UN-led talks that took place on June 18-19 were held in implementation of the U.N. Security Council resolution 1754, which called on the parties involved in the Sahara issue to launch direct negotiations with a view to finding a solution to the three-decade old dispute over the Sahara, Morocco's Southern Provinces.
At the end of the two-day talks, Morocco and the Polisario front agreed to meet early August, which UN Secretary General spokesperson, Michèle Montas described as a "main success." The negotiations were also attended by neighboring Algeria and Mauritania.
The monarch ordered Prime Minister, Driss Jettou, Interior Minister, Chakib Benmoussa, and Deputy Foreign Minister, Taieb Fassi Fihri (both having been members of the negotiating delegation) to enlighten the public opinion about the talks during the upcoming weekly cabinet meeting and before the Parliament.
The sovereign also charged chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Khalihenna Ould Errachid to hold an extraordinary session of the Council on Friday in the southern city of Laayoune.
The meeting was attended by member of the Royal Office, Mohamed Rochdi Chraibi, and the members of the negotiating delegation, namely Interior Minister, Chakib Benmoussa, Deputy Foreign Minister, Taieb Fassi Fihri, Deputy Interior Minister, Fouad Ali Al Himma, chairman of the Royal Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Khalihenna Ould Errachid, head of Morocco's Intelligence (DGED), Mohamed Yassine Mansouri, and Morocco’s ambassador to the U.N. El Mostafa Sahel.
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