Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), August 22, 2010 (SPS) – The SADR government condemned Saturday the speech of the Moroccan king, considering it a provocation detriment the interests of the peoples of both countries, putting security and stability of the whole region at risk and undermines the credibility of the United Nations, according to a statement issued Saturday by the Saharawi Ministry of Information.
The Moroccan king renewed, in his speech August 20, the Moroccan policy of intransigence, expansion and fuelling war and tension in the whole region through ignoring the international legitimacy and refusing the UN efforts, the same source added.
The Saharawi government noted that king of Morocco, while addressing the cause of Western Sahara, allowed himself to exercise the colonial policy on a ground which no one recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over it, trying to inject the territory into what he called domestic to impose the de facto policy of colonialism and continuing the human rights violations in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara.
“The SADR government holds Morocco full responsibility of blocking the negotiations which aim to organize a free and fair referendum of self-determination to the Saharawi people under the UN auspices, deciding through it their destiny freely and transparently” the statement added.
It denounced the flagrant violations of human rights committed by Moroccan state against the Saharawi citizens in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara and the illegal plundering of the Saharawi natural resources under sponsorship of the United Nations.
It also called on the UN Secretary General and the Security Council to take full responsibility in pressuring Moroccan government to comply with the international legitimacy through enabling the Saharawi people to exercise their legitimate right of self-determination and independence, respect the human rights of the Saharawi citizens and stop the Moroccan plundering of the Saharawi natural resources in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara. (SPS)
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