Polisario Leader Ghali Deflects Questions on Controversial Spain Visit

"This is a false debate," Brahim Ghali said about the controversy that continues to rage over his entry into Spain for humanitarian reasons, refusing to give more details on the subject. In front of the international press he summoned, the Polisario Front leader says he "respects" the explanations provided by the Spanish government on the conditions of his entry into Spain. "I won’t say more. I was in a critical situation, I was admitted to the hospital, I’m cured and I’m here, alive," he added.

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Regarding the complaints filed against him for crimes against humanity, Brahim Ghali welcomed the decision of the Spanish justice system to dismiss the case. The leader also and above all focused his intervention on the rupture of the ceasefire agreement with the Moroccan intervention in Guerguerat, blaming the UN for "never having implemented these resolutions, nor taken measures to force Morocco to respect its international commitments".

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The leader of the separatist movement hopes that the appointment of the new UN special envoy for Western Sahara will help resolve the conflict in the Sahara. "This is a new situation that requires new treatment from the Security Council," he stressed, stating that "the main objective is not the appointment of a new special envoy, but rather to put an end to the occupation of Western Sahara".

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Brahim Ghali did not fail to return to the recent decision of the European court annulling the fisheries agreements between the EU and Morocco which included the waters of the Sahara. This decision is "a great victory for the Sahrawi people represented by the Polisario Front" and "shows that the Sahara is a country distinct from Morocco".