The leader of the Moroccan social democratic party recognizes the MSP as an interlocutor in the Western Sahara conflict

At a conference given to representatives of his party in the coastal town of Skirat, near Rabat, Lachgar spoke of theaccession of the Sahrawi Movement for Peace (MSP) to the Socialist International.

  1. The Socialist International
  2. Representativeness

The Socialist International

This movement has long demanded its integration into this supranational political organization and also participated in the last meeting of this organization, which was held in Rabat on December 21, in the presence of the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, as a representative. ‘observer.

Selon Lachgar, the incorporation of the MSP into the Socialist International would open the door for this political organization to become a new interlocutor for the solution of the Western Sahara problem.

Representativeness

The social democratic politician stressed that the Polisario Front can no longer hold the exclusive representativeness of the Sahrawissince the Sahrawi Peace Movement has established itself in large sectors of Sahrawi society, both in the exile zone and in the Sahara territory itself and in other parts of Spain.

Hach Ahmed Bericalla, first secretary of the Sahrawi Movement for Peace – PHOTO/FILE

In this sense, Lachgar considered it necessary that after the entry of the MSP into the Socialist International, the Movement participates in peace dialogues and the political process promoted by the United Nations for the resolution of the Sahrawi conflict.

C This is the first time that a Moroccan political leader has spoken about the MSP and calls for its participation in efforts for a political solution to the Sahrawi problem acceptable to all parties.

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