A delegation from the French embassy in Rabat, comprising diplomats and military personnel, visited Laayoune on Thursday, March 20. At the MINURSO headquarters, the French representatives met with senior UN mission officials to discuss the latest developments on the ground between the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and the Polisario, as well as the challenges MINURSO faces in carrying out its mission. This visit comes as Paris prepares to assume the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in April. The issue of Western Sahara is expected to be on the agenda, with two briefings planned: one by Russian diplomat Alexander Ivanko, the UN Secretary-General's special representative for Western Sahara and head of MINURSO, and another by General Fakhrul Ahsan of Bangladesh, commander of the peacekeeping forces in the region.
