Polisario speaks with the UN envoy for the Sahara on the eve of the Security Council meeting

April 16 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The representative of the Polisario Front to the UN, Sidi Omar, met this Monday with the UN envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, a meeting that took place on the eve of the closed-door meeting of the Security Council of the United Nations on the territory at a time when tensions continue to be experienced on the ground both due to cross attacks and complaints about Human Rights violations.

Omar has reiterated the Polisario position on the “inalienable and non-negotiable right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination”, reaffirming that the only lasting solution to the conflict is the independence and decolonization of Western Sahara, an objective that they intend to achieve “by all means.” legitimate means”, including armed struggle, as reported by the Sahrawi news agency SPS.

In this sense, he recalled that the UN plan and the subsequent Security Council resolutions, which were accepted by both Morocco and the Polisario, remain “the only realistic and reasonable solution”, which is why he urged the Council to take concrete measures so that the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) can “fully implement its mandate.”

During this Tuesday's meeting, both the head of MINURSO, Alexander Ivanko, and De Mistura, will address the member countries of the Council after several weeks of travel and contacts with different political actors.

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, but 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 Sahrawis was the support of the Spanish Government for the Moroccan autonomy plan, a change of position described as betrayal by the Polisario Front, which recalls that Spain is still 'de jure' the administrative power of Western Sahara.