صحافة بلادي صحيفة إلكترونية مغاربية متجددة على مدار الساعة تعنى بشؤون المغرب الجزائر ليبيا موريتانيا تونس
Mauritania –The report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, on the Moroccan Sahara brought the debate over international borders back to the forefront of negotiations, after it cited a Mauritanian proposal calling for the formation of a committee to clarify the final and permanent borders of the territory by consensus between the parties, without including an explicit claim to the Gouira or a final agreement on its status.
UN Report No. S/2026/781, issued on October 1, 2026, indicates that the proposal was put forward during the second round of negotiations held in Madrid on February 8 and 9, as part of the political efforts led by the United Nations with the participation of Morocco, the Polisario Front, Algeria, and Mauritania, and under the auspices of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura, and with American facilitation.
The issue of borders is of particular importance given the region’s location and proximity to Nouadhibou, the economic capital of Mauritania, and the associated security, commercial and strategic considerations. However, including the proposal in the report does not, in itself, mean changing Nouakchott’s position on the conflict or putting forward a new territorial claim.
In reading these data, the Mauritanian journalist interested in Maghreb affairs, Sheikh Ahmed Amin, believes that the proposal relates to clarifying the borders within a possible political settlement, and not to claiming sovereignty over part of the territory, recalling Mauritania’s withdrawal from the conflict in accordance with the Algiers Agreement signed on August 10, 1979.
For his part, Abdel-Wahab El-Kayne, head of Africa Watch, believes that clarifying borders by consensus may contribute to enhancing stability and opening horizons for economic and security cooperation, including marine fishing, ports, energy, transportation, and trade exchanges.
Between the political considerations and the economic bets, it remains certain that the UN report included a proposal to clarify the borders by consensus, without presenting it as a Mauritanian claim to Gweira or an agreement under which the legal status of the region was decided. As for the scenarios related to its future, they remain subject to the course of the negotiations and their official outcomes.
Source:My press
