France called on Friday to
"do everything to avoid escalation"
in Western Sahara after the launch of a military operation by Morocco in the territory and the announcement by the independence movement Front Polisario of the end of a cease-fire. the fire dating from 1991.
Read also: Western Sahara: the Polisario affirms that "the war has begun"
"France is calling today to do everything to avoid escalation and to return as quickly as possible to a political solution,"
the French foreign ministry told AFP.