Large autonomy project best able to settle Sahara issue, Minister

[freemocy]

Rabat, Mar. 24 - The proposal to grant large autonomy to the southern provinces to be presented by Morocco to the United Nations is best able to lastingly settle the Sahara issue, said Nabil Benabdallah, Moroccan Communication Minister and government spokesman.

Benabdallah told the Asharq Al-Awsat daily, that "contrary to what is happening in the camps of Tindouf", Morocco is presenting a project for a "democratic society" which is to be "the lasting solution of the Sahara issue".

The Sahara conflict was triggered in the mid seventies by the claim of the Algeria-backed "Polisario" to separate from Morocco its southern provinces, retrieved from Spanish rule under the Madrid accords. The separatist movement lured at the time thousands of Sahrawis from their homes into the camps of Tindouf, south-west Algeria.

Morocco, Benabdellah went on to say, is working out a modern, democratic projects aiming at "bringing in all the components of its people, including those who joined the other band and were misled into separatism."

Benabdallah reaffirmed Morocco’s stand that any solution to the Sahara issue should come part of the national sovereignty and the unity of the territorial integrity of the kingdom.

The minister recalled that the UNO insists on seeking a political, comprehensive and lasting solution based on agreement of all the sides concerned.

The stance of the United States, France and Spain has prompted Morocco « to present a project much more precise and transparent, he said explaining that the project of a large autonomy lies on a process of consultation with political parties and the inhabitants of the southern provinces.

Benabdallah also spoke of the current visit of King Mohammed VI in the provinces, which tour reaffirms once more the symbiosis between the Sovereign and the inhabitants of the region.

[brim]

Democratic?? If they were so DEMOCRATIC why haven't they simply agreed to go ahead with the referendum?

[navy64a]

Originally Posted by brim

Democratic?? If they were so DEMOCRATIC why haven't they simply agreed to go ahead with the referendum?

How and come can Morocco go ahead with the referendum when algeria refuse
all sort of solutions .

wat about referndum in Algeria for Rep kibilien democratic in tizi-ouzou

On plus wat about the referendum in algeria : F.I.S won election (Front Islamique of Salvation)
Polizario are only slaves of algeria.....Algeria use this mortazika when and where they like.

Keep barking poli-algerian u will get nothing . Algeria sending polizario women to cuba what for
u know wat for: Victimes du Polisario… oubliés à La Havane Nombreuses sont les prostituées de La Havane d'origine sahraouies

Algerian goverment should be F.I.S who won election