The Polisario fears concessions from Sánchez to Morocco to recognize 'de facto' its "occupation" of the Sahara

He assures that the unknown about a meeting between Mohamed VI and Sánchez is "one more form of blackmail"

MADRID, 1 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The delegate of the Polisario Front in Spain, Abdulah Arabi, has warned that the High Level Meeting (RAN) that starts this Wednesday in Rabat may result in agreements that implicitly imply for the Spanish Government the "recognition of sovereignty Moroccan on Western Sahara.

The two governments aspire to sign some twenty agreements and, in them, Arabi fears that issues that touch on "sovereign" issues related to Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony for which the Polisario is demanding a self-determination referendum, will be incorporated.

Thus, the delegate has acknowledged in an interview with Europa Press his concern about possible negotiations related to air and maritime spaces, while in the cultural field he has stated that the hypothetical opening of a headquarters of the Cervantes Institute in El Aaiún would be "reportable" because it would legitimize an "illegal occupation".

Arabi has stated that Rabat will try to "subordinate" everything that is signed to its political interests and, in fact, has indicated that the doubts about whether there will finally be a meeting between King Mohamed VI and the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, are "a more form of blackmail". Morocco "usually uses it to put the icing on the cake" to this type of forum, "depending on what it wants to achieve", she added.

The delegate has also included in the list of alleged "blackmail" of Rabat the "use" of migratory flows, something that in his opinion "is not going to disappear", and has suggested a political intent in delaying the opening of the customs in Ceuta and Melilla. It is Morocco, he added, who "chooses the opportune moment".

Arabi does not expect "much" from a RAN "at the service of an occupation" and in which two countries that "need each other" take part. However, he has once again urged Sánchez to recover "Spain's traditional position as the administering power" of Western Sahara.

In this sense, he has asked him not to continue "engaged in a decision contrary to International Law" like the one adopted in March 2022, when the Spanish Government cataloged the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara as the "most serious, realistic" option. and believable."

A "radical turn" that, according to Arabi, serves "solely and exclusively" Morocco's claims to sovereignty and fails to comply with resolutions approved within the United Nations.