Algerian FM holds meeting with UN SG’s personal envoy for Western Sahara

Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad Ramtane Lamamra has recently received the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General for Western Sahara, Shaffan de Mistura who was on a visit to Algeria.

The meeting took place in the presence of the Special Envoy in charge of the question of Western Sahara and the Maghreb countries, Amar Belani, said a media release issued by the Algerian Embassy in Dhaka on Thursday.

During the meeting, the two sides examined the latest developments regarding Western Sahara and the prospects for strengthening UN efforts with a view to resuming direct negotiations between the two parties - the Kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front, with the objective of reaching a lasting political solution accepted by both parties.

They also discussed ways for guaranteeing the Sahrawi people the exercise of their inalienable and imprescriptible right to self-determination, in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions and its doctrine on decolonization, according to the media release.