The Polisario Front denounces a “total paralysis” of the peace process by Morocco and Western countries such as France or the United States
Jan. 8 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Government of Morocco announced this Tuesday that the Ghanaian authorities – who during the day celebrated the inauguration as president of John Mahama – have suspended their diplomatic relations with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, established in 1979.
The Moroccan Foreign Ministry has reported that this decision has been announced through an official statement from the Ghanaian diplomatic portfolio. As indicated, Ghana “decided to immediately inform, through diplomatic channels, the Government of Morocco, the African Union and the UN, of this position.”
In the document, the Ghanaian authorities have expressed their support for “the good faith efforts of the Kingdom of Morocco to reach a solution accepted by all parties.” Furthermore, Rabat has highlighted that “thanks” to the “impulse given to the issue of the Moroccan Sahara” by King Mohamed VI, 46 countries, including thirteen African ones, have suspended their relations with the SADR since 2000.
For his part, the representative of the Polisario Front to the United Nations, Sidi Mohamed Omar, has confirmed that the peace process in Western Sahara is suffering “total paralysis as a consequence of the position of the Moroccan occupying State, which refuses to move towards a solution”, but also by the position of some influential actors in the UN Security Council, such as France or the United States, according to the official Sahrawi news agency, SPS.
The self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is currently diplomatically recognized by 82 countries. The majority are from the African continent and Latin America, who gave their support to the SADR in the first years after its founding on February 27, 1976, one day after Spain’s official departure from the Sahrawi territory.
The former Spanish colony of Western Sahara was occupied by Morocco in 1975 despite the resistance of the Polisario Front, with whom it remained at war until 1991, when both parties signed a ceasefire with a view to holding a self-determination referendum. The differences over the preparation of the census and the inclusion or not of Moroccan settlers have prevented it from being called so far.
The last setback for the Sahrawi people was the support of the Spanish and French governments for the Moroccan autonomy plan, a change of position described as betrayal by the Polisario Front, which also recalls that Spain is still ‘de jure’ the administrative power of the Sahara. Western.
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