CAIRO, July 25 (Reuters) – Algeria expressed “great regret and strong denunciation” on Thursday regarding the French government’s decision to recognize an autonomy plan for the Western Sahara region “within Moroccan sovereignty.”
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Algeria was informed of France’s decision in recent days, according to an Algerian foreign ministry statement. The ministry emphasized that Algeria would hold the French government entirely responsible and draw all necessary consequences from the decision.
The French Foreign Ministry did not immediately comment on Algeria’s statement.
Algeria advocates for a United Nations plan for Western Sahara, which includes a self-determination referendum, and views Morocco’s presence in the region as an occupation. Morocco considers Western Sahara part of its territory, while the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, an independence movement, demands a sovereign state.
Morocco took control of most of Western Sahara from colonial Spain in 1975, sparking a guerrilla war with the Polisario Front, which claims the desert territory in northwest Africa. The United Nations brokered a ceasefire in 1991 and established a mission to organize a referendum on the territory’s future, but the conflict remains unresolved.
