HM the King Receives UNSG Personal Envoy for Moroccan Sahara

PERSISMA, Rabat – HM King Mohammed VI received, on Tuesday in Rabat Royal Palace, UN Secretary General Personal Envoy for the Moroccan Sahara Horst Kohler, who is visiting Morocco as part of a regional tour, said a statement by the Royal Office.

Kohler, former president of the Federal Republic of Germany, also held the position of director general of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Kohler was appointed, last August, by UNSG Antonio Guterres as his new personal envoy for the Sahara to replace Christopher Ross, the statement noted.

The audience was attended by HM the King’s advisor Fouad Ali El Himma, foreign minister Nasser Bourita and Kohler’s special advisor David Schwake.