RABAT, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Bahrain will open a consulate in Morocco-controlled Western Sahara, Morocco’s Royal palace said, joining other Arab states in supporting Rabat after the disputed territory’s Polisario independence movement…
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RABAT (Reuters) – Jordan will open a consulate in Western Sahara, Morocco said on Thursday, in an apparent show of support for Rabat after the disputed territory’s Polisario independence movement said it was returning to an armed…
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The United Arab Emirates is set to become the first Arab state to open a consulate in the disputed Morocco-controlled Western Sahara region, Rabat said on Tuesday. The consulate will be opened in Laayoune, the largest city in the Western Sahara, which has been under the control of Morocco since the end of Spanish colonial rule in 1974. The Algerian-backed Polisario Front has been unsuccessfully pressing for the region’s independence, while United Nations efforts to broker a settlement between Rabat and Polisario have repeatedly failed.
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