Moroccan and Western Sahara rebel representatives are to meet near New York this month in a new UN-brokered bid to end unrest in North Africa

.:Middle East Online ميدل ايست أونلاين:.: "Moroccan and Western Sahara rebel representatives are to meet near New York this month in a new UN-brokered bid to end unrest in the North African territory, a UN spokesman said Tuesday.
The two sides along with officials from Algeria and Mauritania will meet in Greentree in the New York suburbs on November 8-9, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters.
The UN hopes the talks 'will be productive and will allow the parties to move beyond the impasse' on the future of Western Sahara, he said reaffirming that the peace process was a UN 'priority.'
The talks follow a visit to the region by UN envoy Christopher Ross who has been trying to revive the deadlocked negotiations between the Moroccan government and separatist Polisario Front rebels."

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