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the king of Morocco Mohamed VI (I) attends the celebrations of the 44th National Day of the United Arab Unididos in Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi, on December 2, 2015. (afp_tickers)
the king of Morocco Mohamed VI said Saturday that the recent decision of your country to rejoin the African Union (AU) does not mean that the kingdom renounce its rights over Western Sahara.
During a televised as part of the 17th anniversary of his accession to the throne speech, in which he played numerous issues, addressed the thorny issue of Western Sahara.
“the decision of Morocco to return to their African institutional family does not mean in any way that the kingdom renounce their legitimate rights or recognize a fictitious entity devoid of the most elementary of sovereignty attributes, “he said in reference to the Western Sahara, a region claimed by the kingdom and the pro-independence Polisario Front.
Rabat, which considers this former Spanish colony annexed in 1975 as part of its territory proposed for this broad autonomy under its sovereignty. The Polisario, supported by Algeria in particular, demands a referendum on self-determination.
In mid-July, Morocco expressed its willingness to return to the AU, which he left in 1984 in protest against the admission of the Republic Sahrawi Arab Democratic proclaimed by the Polisario.
“If some have tried to make 2016 a decisive year, Morocco, meanwhile, has managed to make this the year of firmness as far as integrity is concerned territorial “continued Mohamed VI referring to the recent dispute with the UN after statements by its secretary General, Ban Ki-moon.
Ban had spoken of” occupation “of Western Sahara during a visit to a field Sahrawi refugees in Algeria in March. In retaliation, Rabat expelled most of the civilian members of the UN Mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO).
While Morocco recently accepted the return of one third of the expelled members, security Council demanded on Tuesday the continuation of the gradual return of its experts, deploring that MINURSO “has not yet reached full operating capacity”.
the MINURSO was deployed in 1991, in order to monitor respect for the ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario and organize a referendum.
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