As announced Tuesday, diplomats from the Russian embassy in Rabat are currently on visiting Laayoune. «On Tuesday, April 23, they held a two-hour meeting with MINURSO head Colin Stewart. The diplomats then held talks with Major General Zia Ur Rehman, Force Commander of MINURSO», a well-informed source told Yabiladi. «In the afternoon, the Russian diplomats went to Smara where they visited a MINURSO base. On Wednesday, April 24, they are expected to accompany peacekeepers to observe other MINURSO team-sites located east of the security wall», the same source added. Russian diplomats have not planned these meetings with the local authorities in the provinces.
