Morocco gave the United Nations a three-day deadline to pull 84 peacekeepers from its Western Sahara mission amid a dispute with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon over remarks he made, though Rabat reversed a decision to withdraw all its troops from peacekeeping missions, reported U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric Thursday.

„All of these measures would seriously impede the functioning of MINURSO,“ said Dujarric to reporters.