Algiers, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 (SPS) - Morocco’s sovereignty in Western Sahara is recognized by no state, said Tuesday in Algiers the Secretary General of the Union of Saharawi Workers Mohamed Cheikh Lahbib.
“Morocco’s sovereignty on Western Sahara is recognized by no state. Morocco seeks to get a foothold in the Sahel and borders in the region,” the Sahrawi official said at El-Moudjahid forum, underlining Morocco’s “expansionist” policy.
A policy which, he said, represents a danger to Maghreb’s stability but also the Sahel, regarding Morocco’s ambitions.
Lahbib recalled, in this context, the Moroccan secret services’ contribution to the creation of the Movement for Unity and Jihad in Western Africa, author of the recent abduction of western expatriates in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Tindouf (Southeast of Algeria).
He said that Morocco is trying to “flood” the region’s population with cannabis, of which it is considered as the world’s major provider with up to 82%, noting the conjunction of this traffic with organized crime. (SPS)
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