Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has announced that his country will not be affected by the deep provocations and desperate maneuvers carried out by various parties.
His comments were in reference to Algerian-backed Polisario Front’s recent provocations in Guerguerat, a town near the Moroccan-Mauritanian border, and the group’s maneuvers seeking to undermine the stability and security of Morocco’s southern provinces.
On the 45th anniversary of the Kingdom’s historic Green march on Saturday, King Mohammed highlighted the country’s firm position.
While Morocco continues to uphold logic and wisdom, it will also respond, with “the utmost firmness and resolve” to any practices or attempts to undermine the security and stability of its southern provinces, he stressed.
“I am confident the United Nations and MINURSO will continue to carry out their duties in terms of preserving the ceasefire in the region,” the King added.
The UN Security Council issued a decision on Oct.30, in which it welcomed Morocco’s “serious and credible” efforts to reach a mutually agreed-upon solution.
Almost all Security Council resolutions on Western Sahara adopted since 2007 have welcomed the Moroccan autonomy plan.
It also reaffirmed the need to fully respect military agreements previously reached with MINURSO regarding a ceasefire and called upon the parties to adhere to those agreements, implement their commitments to the former Personal Envoy, and refrain from any actions that could undermine negotiations or further destabilize the situation in Western Sahara.
In this context, the King pointed to his country’s gains at the diplomatic and continental levels, noting that the latest Security Council resolutions have lain to rest outdated, unrealistic approaches and proposals.
The UN resolutions called on the actual participation of the real parties concerned in this regional conflict and have irreversibly endorsed the political solution based on realism and consensus as the path forward.
“This policy is in line with the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative, which is backed by the Security Council and the influential powers, as the sole normal course of action for the settlement of this dispute”.
