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Saharawi government describes as “intransigent” Moroccan king’s speech

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Bir Lahlou (liberated territories), Oct 14, 2013 (SPS) - Saharawi Government has described the speech delivered Friday by the Moroccan King as “intransigent and a proof of the lack of political will and commitment as well as a disregard to international legitimacy.”


“The speech of the King of Morocco before Moroccan parliament ignores international efforts to find a solution to the Western Sahara conflict,” said the Saharawi government in a statement issued Saturday by the Ministry of Information.


“The speech of the King of Morocco, delivered to the Moroccan parliament, reflects an uncompromising attitude and reaffirms its hegemonic position and occupation of Western Sahara,” added the statement, adding that it ignores international efforts, cooperation and willingness of the parties in research a just and lasting solution that guarantees the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination.


The government condemned the threatening tone of the speech Moroccan King and denounced the intransigent and chauvinistic attitude expressed by him before Moroccan parliament.


He also warned that the intransigent attitude of the Moroccan government coincides with the preparations for a tour in the region by the Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross.


“The language of incitement, threats and intimidation that came in the speech of the king of Morocco is an encouragement and inspiration to its repression apparatus to practice more repression and violation of the legitimate rights of Saharawis and more greater exploitation and plundering of natural resources, amid a media and military blackout imposed over the occupied territories of Western Sahara,” underlined the statement.


The Saharawi government welcomed the international efforts to find a just and lasting solution to the conflict in the Western Sahara, which guarantees the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, expressing his willingness to cooperate with the Personal Envoy of the UN United Nations.


It, therefore, called on the UN and the Security Council to “exert the necessary pressure on the Kingdom of Morocco to comply with the requirements of international legitimacy, to respect human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, and to stop its looting of Western Sahara natural wealth.” (SPS)


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