The security agents stationed in El Guerguerat, in southern Morocco, thwarted, on Saturday, an attempt to internationally traffic one ton and 273 kilograms of cannabis resin.
Moroccan authorities proceeded on Tuesday to reopen the Guerguerat border crossing, in southern Morocco and Mauritania, nearly a year after the militarization of the area by the Moroccan army.
Morocco has announced that the town of Guerguerat will soon be connected to water and electricity networks. Other infrastructure is planned to boost development in this rural locality.
Securing the Guerguerat border post is a major concern for Morocco. A new control point has just been installed in this border town located in the far southwest of the Sahara.
Omar Hilale , Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, stated that the problem of the El Guerguerat border crossing post was definitively over.
Contrary to the Polisario’s allegations of an "open war" in the Sahara, Stéphane Dujarric, the UN spokesperson, assures that the situation is normal. However, he calls on Morocco and the separatist movement to exercise restraint.
Between Morocco and Algeria, the diplomatic and media war seems far from over. On Wednesday, the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sabri Boukadoum, accused Morocco of "attempting to impose the policy of the fait accompli" in the Guerguerat file.
Mohamed Ouled Lamine, former diplomat, former advisor to the Mauritanian president and former Minister of Information is clear: supporting the creation of a sixth state in the Maghreb region will be a historical sin.
The new exchanges of fire between Morocco and the Polisario at the Guerguerat border crossing are worrying the UN. It calls on the parties to take all necessary measures to defuse tensions.
The Security Council has been informed of the latest developments in Guerguerat in the Moroccan Sahara . A comprehensive report was made on the operation of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) to secure the free movement of people and goods in the buffer zone.
Morocco was in the spotlight last week at the 18th Meeting of the States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Convention. The Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations in Geneva, Omar Zniber, stated that in 45 years, 813 Moroccans have been killed as a result of the explosion of landmines planted by the Polisario militias in the Moroccan Sahara.
A few weeks after securing the free movement of people and goods in Guerguerat, Morocco has committed to respecting the ceasefire in order to find a definitive solution to the Sahara issue.