Youssef Adadad – Heba Press
In a historic speech on the occasion of the forty-ninth anniversary of the victorious Green March, King Mohammed VI was clear and frank in defining Morocco’s positions on the issue of the Moroccan Sahara.
King Mohammed VI’s speech fell like a cold piece of ice on the rulers of Algeria, as it was distinguished by clarity and seriousness, and drew the map of the region’s future with a Moroccan insistence on his adherence to legitimacy and his rejection of all miserable maneuvers.
King Mohammed VI confirmed that the referendum thesis has become a thing of the past and has become outdated, and that the United Nations has abandoned it.
In his speech, which came at a sensitive time, the King stressed the firm positions of the Kingdom of Morocco towards the Sahara, stressing that any attempt to implement the idea of a referendum has become impossible, or even unworkable, in light of the current geopolitical developments.
This position was not just a political declaration, but rather an explicit call from Morocco to the United Nations to assume its responsibilities in this regard, and to clarify the great difference between Morocco’s legitimate reality in its desert and the “other world” that still lives on the illusions of the past.
In addition, King Mohammed VI touched on the issue of detainees in the Tindouf camps, noting the ongoing suffering that these people live under extremely harsh conditions of “humiliation and humiliation” and deprivation of their most basic rights.
The Moroccan King also indicated that these conditions negatively affect all efforts made to find a peaceful and comprehensive solution to the Sahrawi issue.
Regarding the other side of the equation, Algeria and Polisario’s position remains ambiguous on allowing detainees to be counted in the Tindouf camps.
Many analyzes see this refusal as an attempt to keep the situation as it is, as it is said that the Algerian regime is using the Sahara issue as a means to export its internal problems abroad, thus maintaining control over these regions and its political interests.
Algeria’s insistence on refusing to count detainees raises many questions about its true motives. Is it fear of revealing the true numbers of detainees? Or does the rejection come within the framework of exploiting the Sahara issue for narrow political goals? In any case, these detainees remain hostage to political interests to which they have no connection, which compounds their suffering.
While Morocco continues its call for regional cooperation and partnership within the framework of mutual respect and common interests, especially with regard to access to the Atlantic Ocean, King Mohammed VI’s position was clear: Morocco does not reject those who want access to the Atlantic Ocean, but within the framework of a true partnership that benefits. On all peoples of the region. This initiative does not contradict the principle of Morocco’s sovereignty over its desert, but rather seeks to achieve comprehensive and sustainable development for all.
Morocco always calls for cooperation in the field of economic and trade development among the countries of the region, which reflects a strategic vision to strengthen regional ties and achieve common progress. However, on the other hand, this cooperation cannot be at the expense of Morocco’s territorial integrity or national sovereignty, as King Mohammed VI clearly announced.
After King Mohammed VI’s speech, the question remains: How long will Algeria continue to ignore reality and keep pace with time and place? Will you continue to obstruct any effort to achieve social and humanitarian justice in the Tindouf camps?
Today, Algeria is experiencing great international isolation in the face of Morocco’s successive diplomatic successes after increasing international recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara and the opening of dozens of consulates in the southern provinces of the Kingdom of Morocco.
