Mike Waltz condemns MINURSO’s failure in the Sahara
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TelQuel
US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz condemned MINURSO’s ineffectiveness after Russia’s veto at the Security Council. His intervention restated Washington’s arguments about the mission’s future in the Sahara, according to TelQuel.
Mike Waltz, the US ambassador to the UN, condemned MINURSO’s failure in the Sahara in a speech delivered after Russia vetoed a US draft resolution. Washington had backed a text that removed the prospect of a referendum under the UN mission, TelQuel reported.
The United States, which had put forward the proposal at the Security Council, saw its draft blocked by Russia on 30 October. MINURSO, the UN mission in the Sahara, is due to expire on 31 October, according to Washington says MINURSO is doomed to fail after 35 years.
The speech came after Russia vetoes US resolution on the Sahara, adopted on 30 October.
