During a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Morocco made a notable diplomatic move by abstaining from a vote on a resolution to extend the mandate of the UN special rapporteur responsible for monitoring Russia's human rights situation for another year. This development was reported by the news agency TASS. Alongside Morocco, countries such as Algeria, Brazil, Indonesia, Qatar, Mexico, and South Africa also chose to abstain. This decision by Rabat comes at a pivotal time, as the UN Security Council, under Russia's current chairmanship, is set to deliberate on a new resolution concerning Western Sahara. Morocco is hopeful that, if Moscow does not explicitly support the text proposed by the United States, it will at least abstain, thus preserving the diplomatic gains achieved so far. It's worth recalling that Morocco's Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, met with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, last September in New York, where the Western Sahara issue was a key topic of discussion.
