In a statement published on November 17, the Bissau-Guinean Ministry encouraged "Morocco's action for the peaceful stabilization in El Guergarat, with a view to avoiding confrontation, while considering the quickest return to the path of negotiations for the resolution of the crisis ".

The Ministry underlined, in the same statement, that "the Republic of Guinea Bissau remains available to support all international efforts under the aegis of the United Nations in order to reach a politically consensual and lasting solution to this conflict".