After the Madrid meeting two weeks ago, new negotiations on the Western Sahara file were held on February 23 and 24 in Washington, co-chaired by Staffan de Mistura, Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and US Ambassador Michael Waltz. Analysis indicates that these successive meetings constitute a decisive diplomatic test for settling the conflict in light of the continuing fundamental differences between its parties.

Published on: 02/25/2026 - 11:17 Last updated: 02/25/2026 - 11:22

The United Nations announced on Tuesday that a new meeting on the issue of Western Sahara was held in Washington on Monday and Tuesday, three months after a UN Security Council resolution supported the Moroccan autonomy plan in the region.

This tour comes about two weeks after Madrid hosted the concerned parties - Morocco, the Polisario Front, Algeria and Mauritania - in a closed meeting to discuss the updated version of the autonomy plan.

Expert analyzes indicate that the successive meetings in Madrid and Washington constitute a decisive diplomatic test for resolving the conflict, in light of the continuing fundamental differences between its parties.

The United States is accelerating its efforts to resolve the issue that has been difficult to resolve for nearly 50 years.

France 24

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