Western Sahara and Russian Arms Sales: A Review

... aims to coordinate positions on the issue’. Additionally, Russia has played a key role in the conflict, as it signed strategic partnership agreements with both Algeria in 2005 and Morocco in 2002. Its relationship with Algeria has revolved around arms trade. As Algeria has been supporting Polisario with weapons and has traditionally been hostile to Morocco, is it still in Russia’s interest to continue its arms sales to Algeria? Indeed, there have been incidents involving Polisario and Russian military hardware....