Rabat, March 19 -- The United Nations issued a statement on Monday, March 19, announcing the second roundtable discussion on the Western Sahara conflict will be held March 21-22.

The statement said that the personal envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara, Horst Kohler, invited all parties involved in the conflict to Switzerland for the roundtable.

The meeting will convene Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, and Polisario in "accordance with UN Security Council resolution 2440 as a further step in the political process towards reaching a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable solution."

The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said that the purpose of the second roundtable is for "delegations to start approaching elements needed...