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Bir Lehlu (liberated territories), 30/07/2007 (SPS) The
President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz, considered in a
written statement that the Moroccan government "threatens
with undermining the commendable efforts deployed by the UN
Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy as well as by many of good
will around the world".
The Moroccan king affirmed in a speech he gave in Tangier, that he
is ready to negotiate "but only about autonomy, all autonomy and
nothing but autonomy".
Here is the complete text of the Statement, of Which SPS received a
copy:
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STATEMENT OF H.E. MOHAMED ABDELAZIZ PRESIDENT OF THE SADR AND
SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE FRENTE POLISARIO
In his speech of enthronement, the King of Morocco has just
confirmed, on the eve of the second round of direct negotiations
between the Frente POLISARIO and Morocco, a position that cannot be
more rigid and intransigent regarding the conflict of Western
Sahara.
Whilst disparaging the resolutions of the United Nations and
particularly resolution 1754 that called for negotiations, without
preconditions, between the parties with a view to achieving a
mutually acceptable political solution that would provide for the
self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, the King wants
to unilaterally set the rules of the game by imposing the framework
and the end result of the negotiations. This is an exorbitant and
unprecedented claim in the contemporary international relations.
This attempt to distort reality and to derail the decolonisation
process of Western Sahara by resorting to manipulation and
fallacious interpretation of law reveals unequivocally a will to
perpetuate the colonial fait accompli and to undermine the peace
efforts of the international community.
This is a position that is prejudicial and negative and augurs bad
for the next round of negotiations. All that Morocco seeks therefore
is to impose, in advance, its annexationist vision and not to
negotiate the solution called for by the United Nations, which
should be mutually acceptable and providing for the
self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.
What the King of Morocco proposes is a diktat that the Saharawi
people will never accept. It is a diktat that aims to pervert a
decolonisation process and to impose a parody of a negotiated
solution, and to make the United Nations a mere registration
enterprise. "Autonomy" cannot be but an option along with
independence that should be submitted to the democratic and
sovereign choice of the Saharawi people in a free and transparent
referendum on self-determination organised and supervised by the
United Nations.
The Frente POLISARIO, always encouraged by the sincere will to
advance and bring the peace process to fruition, will be present at
Manhasset meeting with a view to implementing the letter and spirit
of resolution 1754 (2007) of the Security Council.
The Frente POLISARIO would also like to seize on this opportunity to
hold the international community witness to the intransigent
position declared today by the King of Morocco, which threatens with
undermining the commendable efforts deployed by the UN
Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy as well as by many of good
will around the world.
Bir Lehlou, 30 July 2007. (SPS)
010/090/100 302015 JUL 07 SPS
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