Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media prior to meeting with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah at the State Department in Washington in November 2020
THE United States has provoked anger as it once again flouted international law with a Christmas announcement that it would open a consulate in the contested territory of Western Sahara.
Outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that the process of establishing the diplomatic post had already started with “a virtual consulate” established in the interim period.
“Pleased to announce the beginning of the process to establish a US consulate in Western Sahara,” he said.
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