The UN’s envoy to Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has proposed partitioning Western Sahara as a potential solution to the decades-long conflict between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front.

A SCHEME by a United Nations envoy to divide Western Sahara is a “non-starter, the Polisario Front said on Thursday. The UN envoy to Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, put forward a proposal to divide the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front as a way to settle the decades-long conflict.

The U.N. envoy to Western Sahara suggested dividing the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front as a way to settle the decades-long conflict. Staffan de Mistura proposed partition as one potential way to satisfy both sides and give residents a chance to decide under who they want to live,

The U.N. envoy to Western Sahara has proposed partitioning the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front to resolve the long-standing conflict. Though the suggestion could potentially satisfy both sides by creating an independent state and integrating part of the territory with Morocco,

The U.N. envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has floated the idea of dividing the territory between Morocco and the Polisario front as a solution to the near five-decades-old dispute, according to remarks seen by Reuters.

Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said Monday that a recent proposal by a United Nations envoy to partition the disputed territory of Western Sahara was "unacceptable", citing past rejections of similar plans.