Western Sahara Weekly News

Western Sahara: Western Sahara Weekly News Posted to the web 22 July 2008 12.04.08, European Union The European Commissioner for external relations and neighbourhood policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, affirmed in an interview to the French daily "La Croix", published on 10 April, that the agreement on granting to Morocco "advanced status" could be finalised under the French presidency of the EU, which will begin in July 2008. "Advanced status" defines relations between the EU and frontier countries, within the context of the new European policy of neighbourhood, installing a closer cooperation between the EU and the countries of the southern Mediterranean and the former Soviet Union. The Polisario Front considers that such a status should require the respect of human rights and international law, from which Morocco is far from... [read full story]