New York (United Nations) -The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, expressed, on Tuesday, his “gratitude for the support” of HM King Mohammed VI to UN efforts to find a solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.
“The Secretary-General expressed gratitude for the support of His Majesty and the Government of Morocco to United Nations efforts to broker a solution” to the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, said a statement issued following a meeting at UN Headquarters in New York between Ban and Taib Fassi Fihri, advisor to HM the King.
Fassi Fihri handed the UN Secretary-General a message from HM King Mohammed VI. The message, Fassi Fihri said, touches on “the developments in the Moroccan Sahara issue.”
During the meeting, the Secretary-General called on Morocco to “continue to work with his Personal Envoy Christopher Ross and with MINURSO.”
The Secretary-General “hoped that bilateral relations between Morocco and Algeria would continue to improve,” the statement concluded.
