Sahara : Russia supports solution based on UN Security Council resolutions, Sergei Lavrov says

Russia supports a lasting solution based on the UN Security Council resolutions to settle the Sahara conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday in Marrakech.

«We support a lasting solution based on the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and we are committed to this line of principle aimed at moving forward and reaching adequate decisions» on the Sahara, Lavrov said during a joint press briefing with Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, following their talks at the end of the 6th Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum.

The Russian senior diplomat also expressed his country’s support for the mediation efforts of the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura.