FILE PHOTO: Former German President Horst Koehler arrives for the state funeral of late German President Roman Herzog in Berlin, Germany, January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Steffie Loos/POOL/File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations chief will name former German president and one-time IMF director Horst Koehler, as his new envoy for Western Sahara, in charge of restarting talks between Morocco and Polisario independence movement over the disputed territory.
The United Nations Security Council in April backed attempts to re-enter negotiations over Western Sahara, which has been contested since 1975 and where Morocco and Polisario fought a war until a 1991 ceasefire.
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