The Polisario Front disapproves of the UN Security Council resolution adopting the Moroccan plan for autonomy of the Sahara as the sole basis for the settlement of the conflict, expressing its refusal to participate in negotiations based on "proposals" that "legitimize the occupation" of the former Spanish colony.
As members of the UN Security Council prepare to vote on the new mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), France and the United Arab Emirates are intensifying their lobbying in favor of Morocco with members of the Council.
Brahim Ghali, the Secretary-General of the Polisario, has addressed a letter to the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, in which he conveys an "expanded proposal" aimed at engaging in a "direct" and "serious" negotiation "in good faith and without preconditions" with Morocco.
Morocco possesses powerful Western technology that gives its army "the ability to impose tactical air superiority on the battlefield, effectively eliminate adversary capabilities such as those of the Polisario Front or even Algeria, and reduce casualties among the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR)."
The Polisario Front has "vigorously" condemned the new trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Morocco, which came into force on Friday. The said agreement explicitly includes products from the Moroccan Sahara.
Several indicators such as the intensification of Sino-Moroccan relations and the exclusion of Polisario representatives from the main Sino-African forums show that China is on the verge of recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara.
The Moroccan army is equipped and ready to carry out, in just “a few weeks,” an operation to secure the buffer zone in the Sahara.
A confidential Swiss diplomatic letter, dated January 30, 1978, reveals a conspiracy by Algeria against Morocco and Mauritania through the Polisario.
The Polisario is targeting a French company considering investing in renewable energy projects in Dakhla, in the Moroccan Sahara.
On the sidelines of a gathering of several separatists affiliated with the "Rif National Party" in the Spanish city of Girona, which was attended by members of the Polisario as well as a number of Algerians, a former prisoner in terrorism cases and responsible for arms supply within the Moudjahideen Group in Morocco made serious and direct threats against the kingdom.
Nafaâ Mustapha, director of external relations at the Ministry of National Defense of the "Sahrawi Republic", during the 13th edition of the Polisario Front summer university for executives, made serious accusations against Morocco.
Algeria has not reacted to King Mohammed VI’s speech on the occasion of the Throne Feast, in which he called for finding a "consensual solution" to the conflict in the Sahara, "in which there is neither winner nor loser, while preserving the dignity of all parties". Meanwhile, the United States is announcing major investments in the Moroccan Sahara.