The Polisario Front’s delegate in Spain, Abdullah Arabi, welcomed Algeria’s suspension of the 2002 friendship and cooperation treaty with Spain. Another decision by Algeria aimed at "punishing" Spain after its change of position on the Sahara.
Contrary to the rumors spread by Algeria and the Polisario, the 2022 edition of the joint Moroccan-American military exercise African Lion will indeed take place in new areas in the southern provinces, just a stone’s throw from the Tindouf camps and a few kilometers from the eastern borders of Morocco.
The Spanish justice system has "closed" the case Brahim Ghali , the head of the Polisario, who entered Spain on April 18, 2021, under a false identity bearing the name Mohamed Ben Battouche. A case that had strained diplomatic relations between Rabat and Madrid.
The Polisario Front has been constantly threatening Spain since Pedro Sanchez decided to support the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara. These threats made in recent weeks by the leader of the Front, Brahim Ghali, must be taken very seriously by Spain, given the terrorist past of the separatist movement.
The leader of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, stated that Spain will end up paying dearly for its change of position on the Sahara, hoping that the leader of the Popular Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, will correct the situation if he accesses the Moncloa in 2023.
The representative of the Polisario Front in Spain, Abaulah Arabi, has asked the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez, to "rectify" Spain’s position on the Sahara and to "clarify" the notion of Morocco’s territorial integrity mentioned in his letter to Mohammed VI dated March 14.
In recent years, Morocco has strengthened its army with the acquisition of Chinese or Turkish drones, which it does not hesitate to use against the Polisario. This is evidenced by the recent attack on the border between the Sahara and Mauritania.
The Spanish government expressed on Tuesday its willingness to "resume" contacts with the Polisario Front and its commitment to finding a mutually acceptable solution by the parties to the conflict in the Sahara, within the framework of UN resolutions.
The Polisario Front has decided to suspend its contacts with the Spanish government, after the visit on Thursday of Pedro Sanchez to Rabat and the publication of the joint declaration that sanctioned his meeting with King Mohammed VI .
Spanish farmers and the Polisario Front continue to denounce the production of Moroccan tomatoes in the Sahara and their "illegal" export to the European Union.
Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez, 58, a member of the Ciudadanos party, a deputy for Madrid in the Congress and secretary general of his party’s parliamentary group, claims that the Polisario is a terrorist organization that has assassinated hundreds of Spanish citizens.
Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali reacts after Spain’s decision to support Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara. He condemns the "betrayal" of Pedro Sanchez and insists on the need to go to a self-determination referendum to "liberate the Sahrawi people".