The Polisario Front will not participate in any negotiations that do not respect the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination. This was affirmed by the President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, in response to the latest United Nations Security Council resolution.
In a speech delivered the day before this Sunday to the cadres and officials of the Polisario Front and the State, Mr. Ghali expressed the Sahrawi party’s willingness to cooperate constructively with the peace process, stating that “unilateral approaches will only exacerbate the conflict and endanger the region.”
The Sahrawi leader emphasized that the latest UN Security Council resolution explicitly mentioned the people of Western Sahara and the Polisario Front, affirming that the decisive elements in the equation to resolve the Western Sahara conflict are the Sahrawi people and the Sahrawi Liberation Army, who must confront the plots of the Moroccan enemy, with the support of influential Security Council members.
Commenting on the recent speech of the King of Morocco, the President of the SADR described it as weak because the monarchical regime “continues to deceive the Moroccan people,” as it did during the 1975 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, stressing that Morocco exports its internal crises and tries to mask them with UN resolutions that have never been in its favor.
Mr. Ghali took the opportunity to congratulate the brotherly people of Algeria on the 71st anniversary of the glorious 1st of November revolution, praising Algeria’s firm position on the just cause of Western Sahara.
Last Friday, the Polisario Front reiterated its principled position and expressed its view on the latest resolution adopted by the Security Council on Western Sahara. Resolution 2797 (2025) decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 31 October 2026, but contains elements that risk causing deviations and threats to peace and stability in the region. Rejected by Algeria, the adoption of this resolution is already described by many observers as serious misconduct and a denial of international legality and the peoples’ right to self-determination.
In its statement, the Polisario Front considered that “this extension of MINURSO’s mandate constitutes proof of the Security Council’s continued commitment to finding a just and lasting solution, in accordance with its resolutions on Western Sahara.”
The Security Council, it further notes, recalls all its previous resolutions concerning Western Sahara and reaffirms its commitment to assist both parties in reaching a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution consistent with the principles and objectives of the United Nations Charter, ensuring the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.
According to the same statement, it is written that “the Security Council also called upon both parties to engage in discussions without preconditions and left the door open to considering all proposals likely to support a final solution acceptable to both parties.”
The Polisario Front adds, in the same text, that this resolution “does not take into account or effectively address all substantive issues raised by the majority of Security Council member states and by the Polisario Front in its letter to the President of the Security Council on 23 October 2025, nor in its bilateral contacts with the ‘penholder’ and all concerned parties.