On the sidelines of King Mohammed VI’s recent speech before Moroccans during the Green march national day, the Moroccan monarch made it crystal-clear that Morocco’s position on the Sahara issue will all but change, especially in regards to some powers attempting to change the nature of this regional conflict and to present it as a decolonization issue.
King Mohammed VI said that “Morocco is in its Sahara and that the Sahara is in its Morocco. Morocco never was an occupying power or an administrative power. In fact, it exercises its sovereignty over its territory.”
“We say ‘No’ to any attempt to reconsider the principles and criteria of the negotiation process, or any attempt to revise and expand the MINURSO mandate to include such matters as the supervision of the human rights situation,” King Mohammed VI noted further.
“‘No’ to favoring the real party concerned in this conflict and allowing it to evade its responsibilities. ‘No’ to the attempt to place a separatist movement on the same footing as a United Nations Member State. ‘No’ to giving legitimacy to the lawlessness prevailing in Tindouf.”
“The sovereignty of Morocco cannot be hostage to the ideological ideas and stereotypical approaches of some international officials. Any deviations or fallacies in this regard can seriously undermine the United Nations’ action in this case,” King Mohammed VI said.
The Moroccan Times.
