# After the UN tilt to Rabat, Washington pushes a Morocco-Algeria reconciliation
> US envoys float a 60-day deal as UNSC Resolution 2797 anchors Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara; Algiers, patron of the Polisario, stays cold

**Meta:** type: story · date: 2026-06-24 · heads: Comment les guerres finissent vraiment, Ce qu'ils ne disent pas · 13 takes · 3 lenses · 8 regions

## Summary

[United Nations](/fr/entity/united-nations) Security Council Resolution 2797 (October 2025) named [Morocco](/fr/entity/morocco)'s 2007 autonomy plan as potentially the most feasible basis for resolving the [Western Sahara](/fr/entity/western-sahara) dispute, renewing MINURSO and tilting the diplomatic ground toward Rabat; [Algeria](/fr/entity/algeria) did not vote. On that momentum, [United States](/fr/entity/united-states) envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner floated finalising a [Morocco Algeria](/fr/entity/morocco-algeria) peace deal within 60 days, with Trump's Africa adviser Massad Boulos shuttling between Rabat and Algiers. [Algeria](/fr/entity/algeria), patron of the Polisario Front, which still demands full independence, has not formally engaged. The 2021 rupture persists: severed ties, the shut Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline, an arms race and Sahara incidents. The standoff stays frozen — a US push without an Algerian counterpart.

## By the numbers

- 2797 — UNSC resolution (Oct 2025), adopted 11-0, 3 abstentions.
- 60 days — US envoys' stated deal target (from Oct 2025).
- 2021 — year Algeria cut ties and closed the gas pipeline to Spain.
- ~12 bcm → ~8 bcm — gas Algeria once sent via Morocco vs Medgaz capacity now.
- 50 years — length of the Western Sahara dispute.

## Why it matters

A US-brokered Maghreb normalisation tied to Morocco's autonomy plan would lock in Rabat's gains and reroute Western Sahara off the self-determination track — which is precisely why Algiers resists. With both states leaning on military deterrence over diplomacy, the gap between Washington's timeline and the ground reality is wide.

## What to watch

- Any sign Algeria formally engages the US initiative (none so far).
- Sahara frontline incidents that could pull the two toward direct confrontation.
- European pressure over gas, migration and the Maghreb-Europe pipeline.

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### unlabelled
- **UN Security Council Resolution 2797 (2025)** (International, en) — The UNSC's own record of Resolution 2797 (31 Oct 2025): renews MINURSO for a year and names Morocco's autonomy proposal as potentially the most feasible basis for resolving the dispute. Adopted 11-0 with 3 abstentions (China, Pakistan, Russia); Algeria did not participate.
  Source: https://press.un.org/en/2025/sc16208.doc.htm
- **Al Jazeera** (Qatar, en) — 
  Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/31/un-security-council-supports-moroccos-plan-for-western-sahara
- **Anadolu Agency** (Turkey, en) — 
  Source: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/un-security-council-backs-moroccos-autonomy-plan-for-western-sahara-/3732308
- **Atlantic Council** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/the-uns-western-sahara-vote-marks-a-diplomatic-green-march/
- **Council on Foreign Relations** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.cfr.org/articles/moroccos-victory-western-sahara
- **Washington Institute** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/algeria-morocco-peace-deal-managing-us-diplomacy-and-expectations
- **Hudson Institute** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.hudson.org/foreign-policy/why-trump-administration-right-pursue-morocco-algeria-peace-deal-zineb-riboua
- **Atalayar** (Spain, es) — 
  Source: https://www.atalayar.com/en/articulo/politics/the-united-states-is-pushing-for-the-early-normalisation-of-relations-between-morocco-and-algeria-and-the-resolution-of-the-sahara-conflict/20251020164226219602.amp.html
- **Euronews** (European Union, en) — 
  Source: https://www.euronews.com/2025/10/29/will-washington-succeed-in-mending-the-western-sahara-rift
- **Middle East Institute** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://mei.edu/publication/morocco-algeria-case-ambitious-reconciliation/
- **Stimson Center** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.stimson.org/2026/the-maghreb-dilemma-why-the-european-union-must-contain-escalating-tensions-between-algeria-and-morocco/

### pro-Rabat
- **Morocco World News** (Morocco, en) — Moroccan outlet tracks the US 60-day reconciliation plan and Massad Boulos's shuttle diplomacy as vindication of Rabat's position after the UN vote, while conceding Algiers has not formally engaged — optimism tempered by the unresolved sovereignty core.
  > "Will the US-led 60-day reconciliation plan end Morocco-Algeria tensions?"
  Source: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2025/11/267059/will-us-led-60-day-reconciliation-plan-end-morocco-algeria-tensions/

### rights-focused, pro-self-determination
- **DAWN** (United States / MENA, en) — Counters the dominant deal-making frame: argues any Maghreb reconciliation that sidelines Sahrawi self-determination is hollow, warning that anchoring a settlement solely on Morocco's autonomy plan entrenches the dispute rather than resolving it.
  > "Peace in the Maghreb cannot bypass Western Sahara."
  Source: https://dawnmena.org/peace-in-the-maghreb-cannot-bypass-western-sahara/

## Across the graph
- Related: [[erdogan-east-med-encirclement]]
- Entities: Morocco Algeria, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, United States, United Nations

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