Morocco assigns coordination office to support MINURSO withdrawal

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Withdrawal responsibilities assigned; ceasefire commitment reaffirmed

Morocco’s Royal Office announced on November 4 that an Interior Ministry coordination office would coordinate and support the liquidation and withdrawal of MINURSO, the UN mission in Western Sahara. The statement also reaffirmed Morocco’s stated ceasefire commitment. Reuters reported that the mission’s mandate had ended after the Security Council did not renew it the previous week. The announcement sets out withdrawal responsibilities following that earlier decision. Morocco claims the territory, while the Polisario Front seeks a separate state. Morocco’s undertaking does not establish ceasefire compliance by all parties, and the statement supplies no withdrawal completion date. The timestamp records Le360’s publication of the statement.

Morocco says it will uphold Western Sahara ceasefire after UN mission ends — Reuters · Sahara: King Mohammed VI chairs working session on post-MINURSO arrangements — Royal Office statement reproduced by Le360/MAP