"The next round of informal talks will be held in early February in the Greentree property in the suburbs of New York," said to the MAP, the UN deputy spokesperson, Vannina Maestracci, without specifying the exact date of the meeting.

 This is the ninth round of informal talks.

 The last informal negotiations on the Sahara took place last July in Manhasset.

 -News on Western Sahara issue /Corcas-