The invitation of the Polisario leader Brahim Ghali to the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) taking place on August 27 and 28 in Tunis is not to the liking of Samia Zouari, former Tunisian ambassador to Athens. She deplores "a cold shower that has hit us like a sledgehammer with this serious diplomatic incident with our brother Morocco".
The rapprochement between Algeria and Tunisia is being confirmed. After the invitation by the country of Kaïs Saïed of the Polisario leader, Brahim Ghali, Morocco has decided to recall its ambassador to Tunisia.
In his speech delivered on the occasion of the revolution holiday, Mohammed VI addressed the Sahara issue, asking his "traditional partners" to clarify their position on this sensitive issue for the kingdom, an allusion to France and Mauritania.
The Polisario reacted to the speech delivered by King Mohammed VI on the occasion of the commemoration of the revolution of the king and the people, particularly the passages on the Sahara.
Polisario leader El Bachir Mustapha Sayed holds Brahim Ghali and Algeria responsible for the failure of the separatist movement in the "war" against Morocco.
Mohammed Al-Sulami, president of the International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah), says that Iran has played a disruptive and destructive role in Morocco, which is why Rabat is not ready to restore diplomatic relations with Tehran.
More support for Morocco. Former Spanish Defense Minister José Bono has supported his country’s new position on the Sahara, considering the Moroccan autonomy initiative as the "most credible and reasonable" solution to definitively settle the issue.
Republican Senator James Inhofe, one of the defenders of the Polisario , asks for the transfer of the next editions of the Moroccan-American military exercise African Lion, away from Morocco.
The Popular Party (PP) and the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) voted against the proposal of ERC and EH Bildu, supported by Podemos, to return to Spain’s traditional position on the Sahara before Pedro Sanchez’s turnaround, that is to say to support the self-determination referendum of the Sahrawi people.
After accusing Morocco of being behind his departure from the United Nations Mission for the Organization of a Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) in 2017, American diplomat Christopher Ross is back on the attack. He has always supported the Polisario, Algeria’s protégé, against the kingdom.
The Polisario Front is angry with the Spanish agency EFE, which considers the Sahara as Moroccan territory, particularly the city of Mahbes where part of the Moroccan-American military exercises African Lion 2022 are to take place.
The Ministry of the Interior will investigate the presence of a separatist from the "Polisario Front" who was part of a Spanish delegation and participated in an official activity organized by the Tetouan municipal council.