(MENAFN) Morocco said Sunday it will pull back from a zone of the contested Western Sahara that has raised tensions with Algeria-backed Polisario Front separatists.
"Morocco will proceed from today with a unilateral withdrawal from the [Guerguerat] zone," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
It said the decision was taken by King Mohamed VI at the request of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Rabat now "hopes the secretary-general's intervention will allow a return to the previous situation in the zone concerned, keep its status intact, allow the flow of normal road traffic and thus safeguard the ceasefire," it said.
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