Règlement du conflit au Sahara : l’Algérie pose ses conditions

"Compte tenu des données et des responsabilités qui lui incombent en tant que pays voisin des deux parties au conflit, l’Algérie n’hésitera pas à apporter son soutien à toute initiative de médiation entre le Front Polisario et le Maroc", has stated on Tuesday Ahmed Attaf, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs during a press conference in Algiers. However, Algeria conditions this mediator role it intends to play between Morocco and the Polisario.

This mediation must be in line with "the United Nations" and it must adhere, "in its form and content, to the principles of a just, lasting and definitive solution to the Western Sahara issue, as stipulated in all the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, including the latest resolution No. 2797" adopted on Friday, October 31 by the Security Council, insisted the head of Algerian diplomacy. His country preferred to abstain during the vote.

Algeria’s willingness to contribute to the resolution of the conflict is linked to its "constant concern for the security and stability of its neighbors", assured Ahmed Attaf. He added: "This concern is based on the firm conviction of our country that its security and stability are an integral part of the security and stability of its neighbors, its environment and all the spaces to which it belongs".

Algeria "has never considered its security and stability from a solitary, introverted or selfish point of view. On the contrary, its perspective is global and excludes none of its brothers, particularly in the Sahel region", continued the head of Algerian diplomacy.