WESTERN SAHARA: RIYADH'S SERIOUS MISTAKE
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the UN made unprecedented and serious remarks on Thursday (October 21st) on the issue of Western Sahara. Comments that an Algerian source described as "inadmissible".
The kingdom has always supported Morocco on the issue, but Abdallah Y. Al-Mouallimi for the first time made a speech that expresses total alignment with Moroccan theses, going so far as to praise Moroccan "achievements" in the occupied territories and refuse any attack on the “territorial integrity” of Morocco.
Not only did he express Saudi Arabia's satisfaction with “the participation of elected representatives” of the occupied Sahrawi territories, which he designated by “Moroccan Sahara” in the sessions of the C24 (committee on decolonization), he endorses Moroccan demands to involve Algeria directly in negotiations with the Polisario Front.
The one committed by Saudi Arabia is a serious mistake since Western Sahara is a “distinct and separate” territory from Morocco according to a ruling from the International Court of Justice.
Western Sahara is a non-autonomous territory that must be decolonized through a self-determination referendum, as stipulated by the United Nations.
Therefore, Saudi Arabia is mistaken in adopting the illegal point of view of Morocco. The Sahrawis do not feel Moroccan and aspire to independence.
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