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New York, (IINA) - Morocco has called on Monday for a meeting with GCC countries at level of ambassadors , a source at the United Nations told Morocco World News (MWN).
The meeting comes to discuss the latest developments concerning the draft resolution that will be submitted to the Security Council for consideration on Tuesday.
The source noted that the United States, the penholder of resolutions on the Western Sahara, has submitted the draft resolution it prepared over the weekend to the Group of Friends of the Western Sahara without informing Morocco of its content.
In addition to the U.S., the Group of Friends of Western Sahara includes France, the United Kingdom, Russia and Spain.
In the past, the US had by practice previously consulted with Morocco before submitting the draft resolution to the other members of the Security Council.
An UN expert, who has been following negotiations on the draft resolution, said Morocco’s decision to request a meeting with GCC countries responds to the need to mobilize these countries and urge them to put on pressure on the influential members of the Security Council to avoid the adoption of any resolution that might go against Morocco’s interests.
During the first Morocco-GCC summit last Wednesday, six members of this regional bloc expressed their full support for Morocco’s sovereignty on the Western Sahara.
“We stress our support to all political and security causes that are important for your brotherly country, mainly the Western Sahara,” Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman said while addressing Moroccan King Mohammed VI during the opening speech of the summit in Riyadh.
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