Moroccan minister Nasser Bourita meets Sergey Lavrov in Moscow
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Yabiladi
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa ministerial meeting. The meeting comes as the UN Security Council is due to consider a resolution on the Sahara on 30 October, according to a statement from Morocco’s foreign ministry relayed by Yabiladi.
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita met his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow on Wednesday 28 October, according to a statement from Morocco’s foreign ministry. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the meeting of foreign ministers at the Russia-Africa summit, taking place on 28 and 29 October in the Russian capital.
The meeting came after a telephone conversation between the two ministers the previous week and a meeting between Lavrov and Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf on 27 October. The discussions coincided with the UN Security Council’s consideration of the issue of the Sahara, on which a new resolution is expected on 30 October.
Bourita and Lavrov had also discussed the UN vote on the Sahara on 23 October. Two days later, they held a preparatory meeting for the Russia-Africa summit in Moscow.
