BREAKING NEWS

Morocco to cut UN Western Sahara mission after Ban remarks

By REUTERS

MARCH 16, 2016 00:49

RABAT - Morocco plans to reduce staff at the United Nations' Western Sahara mission and threatened to pull out of UN peacekeeping missions worldwide after "unacceptable" comments by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about the disputed region, according to MAP state news agency on Tuesday.

The statement came on Tuesday after Ban met with Morocco's foreign minister to express his anger over statements by the Moroccan government and a demonstration in Rabat which he said was a personal attack following his Western Sahara remarks.

Rabat accused Ban last week of no longer being neutral in the Western Sahara conflict, saying he used the word "occupation" to describe Morocco's presence in the region that has been at the center of a dispute since 1975.

Police Lahav 433 Unit investigates beginning of war incidents

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

11/05/2024 04:38 PM

Israel strikes in Al Qusayr, Syria - report

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

11/05/2024 04:33 PM

Trump: Kamala will start WW3, get millions of Muslims killed

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

11/05/2024 01:10 PM

Putin tells Western diplomats Russia is committed to cooperation

By REUTERS

11/05/2024 01:08 PM